Nadiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Nadiya is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Nadiya mean?
Slavic
“hope”
A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Наді́я (Nadíja).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nadiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nadiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nadiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Nadiya, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nadiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were given Nadiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,977, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Nadiya 6
- Nadiyah 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Nadiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Nadiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Nadiya, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Nadiya than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Nadiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nadiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,135 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,093 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,802 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,642 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,915 |
| 2005 | 66 | #2,576 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,777 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,200 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,815 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
Names like Nadiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Safiya Zainab Hiba Nusaybah Hafsa Sumayyah Halima Ayah Aliya Khadija
Other spellings of Nadiya
Names related to Nadiya
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah
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, “Nadiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadiya, updated 20 October 2026.