Skadi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SKAH-dee
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Skadi is a girls' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Skadi mean?
Old Norse
Skadi is the Norse goddess of winter, skiing and hunting, who married the sea god Njord.
Is Skadi a girl's or a boy's name?
Skadi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Skadi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Skadi, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the girls named Skadi in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Skadi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
Names like Skadi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Navi Samadhi Sanvi Aashvi Anvi Adhara Dhriti Vaani Shanvi Nirvi Saavi
More Old Norse names
Freya Ronnie Ralph Eric Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica
Sources
Figures from 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, “Skadi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/skadi, updated 20 October 2026.