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Nadine

Gender
Girl
Say it
nay-DEEN
Origin
Slavic
UK rank, 2025
#2,206 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,622 for girls

Nadine is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,622nd for girls in the US (128 babies).

What does Nadine mean?

Slavic: French form of Nadia

“hope”

A French elaboration of Nadia, which comes from Nadezhda, the Russian word and name meaning hope.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Nadine a girl's or a boy's name?

Nadine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 128 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nadine in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,206th among girls
Babies in 2025
13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Nadine, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 194 girls.

Half of all the girls named Nadine in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 194 in 19962025
Nadine in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#2,206
202417#1,803
202311#2,481
202220#1,591
202125#1,353
202020#1,587
201917#1,793
201815#2,000
201722#1,541
201619#1,724
201533#1,132
201430#1,209
201334#1,117
201239#999
201140#950
201051#772
200959#687
200860#670
200748#754
200672#550
200573#516
2004135#328
2003194#254
200285#423
200185#420
2000106#355
1999111#334
1998151#283
1997178#249
1996194#230

How popular is Nadine in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,622nd among girls
Babies in 2025
128 about 1 in 13,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 128 girls in the US were named Nadine, making it the 1,622nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,455th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 1,011 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.

Half of all the girls named Nadine in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.

1887Busiest: 1,011 in 19582025
Nadine in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025128#1,622
2024133#1,579
2023144#1,500
2022148#1,478
2021128#1,630
2020148#1,455
2019160#1,406
2018148#1,482
2017178#1,311
2016176#1,345
2015162#1,425
2014160#1,422
2013129#1,646
2012139#1,566
2011153#1,463
2010150#1,495
2009172#1,379
2008155#1,504
2007205#1,217
2006171#1,353
2005175#1,277
2004200#1,139
2003197#1,116
2002185#1,125
2001220#975
2000248#887
1999251#858
1998269#797
1997255#812
1996229#865
1995267#757
1994246#818
1993279#743
1992276#756
1991306#696
1990306#692
1989356#601
1988400#546
1987325#600
1986311#614
1985320#598
1984323#569
1983275#627
1982335#550
1981339#549
1980335#554
1979314#580
1978329#542
1977340#533
1976347#511
1975355#503
1974353#498
1973371#483
1972400#465
1971483#431
1970597#392
1969545#406
1968604#369
1967667#346
1966691#337
1965774#324
1964933#305
1963929#304
1962943#301
1961954#298
1960968#299
1959916#301
19581,011#278
1957900#307
1956948#284
1955902#289
1954977#269
1953873#283
1952942#258
1951748#287
1950762#279
1949644#305
1948588#320
1947556#339
1946520#328
1945435#331
1944470#311
1943554#295
1942477#318
1941589#264
1940484#286
1939506#275
1938594#259
1937566#260
1936567#258
1935641#246
1934658#242
1933676#234
1932691#231
1931630#241
1930667#239
1929659#242
1928679#239
1927779#229
1926778#229
1925789#234
1924744#244
1923653#252
1922623#260
1921661#258
1920586#269
1919563#267
1918484#288
1917453#290
1916429#287
1915337#328
1914244#341
1913206#336
1912157#367
1911132#345
191090#416
190965#466
190868#438
190751#500
190639#562
190543#519
190433#586
190330#596
190244#467
190129#577
190041#524
189928#578
189829#597
189715#826
189620#707
189517#770
189420#664
18936#1,277
18929#1,017
18917#1,093
189012#791
18896#1,146
188812#753
18877#937

Names like Nadine

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Charlotte, Alice, Billie, Bonnie, Connie, Nancy, Ffion, Daphne, Nicole, Naomi, Molly, Renee

Names related to Nadine

Nadeen

More Slavic names

Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Nadine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadine, updated 20 October 2026.