Nadya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAHD-ya
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Nadya is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Nadya mean?
Slavic: Russian pet form of Nadezhda
“hope”
Nadia is the more common Western spelling of the same name.
Is Nadya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nadya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nadya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nadya in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Nadya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Nadya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Nadya, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 115 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer girls named Nadya than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Nadya in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nadya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,590 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,679 |
| 2011 | 82 | #2,274 |
| 2010 | 92 | #2,136 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,956 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,397 |
| 2007 | 91 | #2,177 |
| 2006 | 115 | #1,798 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,754 |
| 2004 | 93 | #1,987 |
| 2003 | 83 | #2,103 |
| 2002 | 89 | #1,966 |
| 2001 | 86 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,797 |
| 1999 | 112 | #1,523 |
| 1998 | 61 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Names like Nadya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Summer, Hiba, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Ayah, Maya, Khadija, Raya, Huda, Amira
Names related to Nadya
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, “Nadya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadya, updated 20 October 2026.