Nida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Nida is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “call, summons”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Nida mean?
Arabic
“call, summons”
From the Arabic for a call; the Quran uses it of Zechariah calling quietly to God in prayer.
Is Nida a girl's or a boy's name?
Nida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nida in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Nida, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 27 girls.
2025 had more girls named Nida than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Nida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Nida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 24 | #1,056 |
| 2002 | 26 | #962 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Nida in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Nida, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1905.
Half of all the girls named Nida in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,802 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,201 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,118 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,840 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
Names like Nida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Nida
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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, “Nida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nida, updated 20 October 2026.