How rare is the name Nadia?

56,039 people in the United States have the first name Nadia, about 1 in 5,390. It ranks #834 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NADIA

#834

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
56,039
About
1 in 5,390
This common or more
67.4%
Who bears it

Of the 56,039 people named Nadia, 37.7% reported their origin as White, 30.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nadia peaked in 2005, when 1,923 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
1,923
In 2025*
531 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 46,618 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nadia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #436. The largest share of babies named Nadia, 47.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#4,20797
1920s#4,166151
1930s#3,479166
1940s#3,883157
1950s#2,900355
1960s#2,497536
1970s#1,0093,093
1980s#7545,555
1990s#7307,146
2000s#43615,676
2010s#6709,868
2020s#9783,818
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–641.4%
Generation X 1965–808.4%
Millennials 1981–9620.2%
Generation Z 1997–1247.1%
2013 and later21.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Nadia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nadia has been most common in Nevada (1.8×), Arizona (1.6×), and California (1.6×), and least common in West Virginia (0.1×).

43,681 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Nadia

#832 Mariana · 56,200#833 Skyler · 56,083#835 Vera · 55,795#836 Dwayne · 55,729

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nadia, most common first.

#3,078 Nada · 7,185#5,070 Nadya · 3,474#6,445 Nadiya · 2,488#11,152 Naudia · 1,166#13,509 Natia · 892#20,856 Nadiah · 492#33,571 Nadi · 246#41,276 Nadie · 178

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