# Nadia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nadia/  
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 | Russian |
| Meaning | “nadezhda”, “nadyezhda”, “hope”, “elpis” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnɑ.di.ə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Nadine |
| US babies named this | 46,618 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 62 / 46,556 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,113, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Originally the French spelling of На́дя (Nádja), an informal Russian pet form of the virtue name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Nadezhda, Nadyezhda”, literally “Hope”), from наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”), entered as a translation of the Ancient Greek word from ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”) with the same meaning. See also Ἐλπίς (Elpís, “Elpis”).

## What it means

Nadia is grouped under hope.

## 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 | 1,182 | 270 |
| 2012 | 1,090 | 293 |
| 2013 | 996 | 326 |
| 2014 | 1,126 | 289 |
| 2015 | 953 | 345 |
| 2016 | 915 | 358 |
| 2017 | 783 | 402 |
| 2018 | 779 | 395 |
| 2019 | 756 | 416 |
| 2020 | 658 | 468 |
| 2021 | 684 | 461 |
| 2022 | 720 | 438 |
| 2023 | 625 | 489 |
| 2024 | 600 | 514 |
| 2025 | 531 | 565 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 6,192 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,947 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,734 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,973 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,560 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,460 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,798 |
| 1992 | 6 | 8,128 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,907 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,868 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 260 | 197 |
| 2012 | 265 | 193 |
| 2013 | 239 | 213 |
| 2014 | 261 | 205 |
| 2015 | 244 | 215 |
| 2016 | 233 | 224 |
| 2017 | 177 | 277 |
| 2018 | 166 | 288 |
| 2019 | 151 | 315 |
| 2020 | 148 | 312 |
| 2021 | 169 | 280 |
| 2022 | 102 | 416 |
| 2023 | 100 | 412 |
| 2024 | 95 | 443 |
| 2025 | 81 | 490 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: نديّة

## People named Nadia

- Nadia Boulanger, French musician, conductor, and teacher (1887-1979)
- Nadia Nadim, Danish footballer
- Nadia Ali, American singer-songwriter
- Nadia Farès, French actress (1968–2026)
- Nadia Bjorlin, American actress
- Nadia Podoroska, Argentine tennis player
- Nadia Hilker, German actress
- Nadia Cassini, American actress (1949–2025)
- Nadia Dajani, American actress
- Nadia Lotfi, Egyptian actress (1937–2020)
- Nadia El Fani, French-Tunisian film director
- Nadia Tereszkiewicz, French-Finnish actress

## 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.