Nadia

What Nadia means

Means “Nadia; tender”

From Arabic نديّة (Nadiyya, “Nadia; tender”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Nadia” (revision 93848395), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Nadia?

US: Falling: down from #345 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #215 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2005, when 1,923 girls got the name (#178 that year). First in the US records in 1911.

How common

• About 1 in 3,027 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,127 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls), MN (1.02 per 1,000 girls), IA (0.76 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Nadia is #565 in the US and #490 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Nadia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nidia9 US
• Nadiah6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Nadia

Girls

• Fatima#330Spanish and Portuguese, meaning “abstainer”^*
• Yasmin#955Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 1,018 babies; 269 in 2025
• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US
• Laila#413“night”^*
• Aaliyah#101Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 18 babies
• Aliyah#263“ascent”^*

For a brother

• Ivan#162Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Ahmad#669“praiseworthy”^*
• Omar#260Editor’s note Down from #217 in 2015 to #260 in 2025 in the US
• Nasir#486Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #486 vs #2,133 in 2025
• Ahmed#703Variant of Ahmad, meaning “praiseworthy”^*
• Mohamed#527Variant of Muhammad, meaning “praised, commendable, laudable”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, Slavic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Nadia’s. Rank is US 2025.