Nadiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Nadiyah is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Nadiyah mean?
Slavic: spelling of Nadiya
“hope”
A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Наді́я (Nadíja).
Meaning borrowed from Nadiya. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nadiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nadiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nadiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Nadiyah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2004, with 17 girls.
2025 had more girls named Nadiyah than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Nadiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were given Nadiyah 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.
Nadiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
How popular is Nadiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Nadiyah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2000, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Nadiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nadiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,165 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
Names like Nadiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Safa, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Nusaybah, Ayah, Safiya, Aafiyah, Summer, Zaniyah, Farah
Other spellings of Nadiyah
Names related to Nadiyah
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, “Nadiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadiyah, updated 20 October 2026.