# Nada (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nada/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Serbo-Croatian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,129 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,129 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 606, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nada.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 3,256 |
| 2012 | 72 | 2,535 |
| 2013 | 53 | 3,114 |
| 2014 | 64 | 2,731 |
| 2015 | 52 | 3,203 |
| 2016 | 56 | 3,001 |
| 2017 | 44 | 3,531 |
| 2018 | 52 | 3,145 |
| 2019 | 34 | 4,238 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,982 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4,921 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,438 |
| 2023 | 33 | 4,336 |
| 2024 | 32 | 4,448 |
| 2025 | 32 | 4,432 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,405 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,371 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,389 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Nada

- Nada Klaić, Croatian historian, linguist, translator (1920–1988)
- Nada Meawad, Egyptian beach volleyball player
- Nada Hafez, Egyptian fencer
- Nada Topčagić, Bosnian singer
- Nada Šikić, Croatian politician
- Nada Kamel, Egyptian archer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.