Nadja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAHD-yah
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Nadja is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Nadja mean?
Slavic: German and Dutch spelling of Nadya, a Russian pet form of Nadezhda
“hope”
Nadja is also the title of a 1928 surrealist novel by Andre Breton.
Is Nadja a girl's or a boy's name?
Nadja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nadja in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 9 girls.
Nadja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Nadja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Nadja, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Nadja in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nadja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 52 | #2,447 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Nadja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hiba, Summer, Faiza, Saba, Zaira, Hafsa, Rahma, Huda, Zainab, Nuha, Salma
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
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, “Nadja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadja, updated 20 October 2026.