Nadia
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Nadia
Nadia, an accessible Slavic favorite, has a strong run of popularity in the US in the early 2000s, partially thanks to the character on Lost called Nadia but actually named Noor, but it's since slumped down the rankings. An earlier inspiration was Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, who won the 1976 Olympics.
Nadia is actually a short form of Nadezhda, the name of Lenin's wife, though more Westerners will relate it to the familiar Natalya or Natasha.
Nadia is also a traditional Arabic name, popular in the Muslim community and also spelled Nadiyya or Nadya. It means "moist, tender, delicate" in Arabic.
Octomom Suleman spells her first name Nadya, as in the Queen Nadya character in Noel Coward's play The Queen was in the Parlour.
Nadia is also given to boys.
Pronounced NAH-dee-uh.
As of October 2026, Nadia ranked #565 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #178 in 2005, Nameberry popularity #252.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #289 | 1,126 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #346 | 952 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #358 | 915 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #405 | 781 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #397 | 778 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #416 | 755 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #468 | 658 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #459 | 684 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #437 | 720 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #489 | 624 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #513 | 598 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #565 | 531 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Nadia on lists
Famous Nadias
- Nadia Alexandra BjorlinGirl
American actress
- Nadia DajaniGirl
American actress
- Nadia Elena ComaneciGirl
Romanian gymnast
- (Juliette) Nadia BoulangerGirl
French composer
- Nadia WayansGirl
American actress
- Nadia Oleksandrivna MeikherGirl
Ukrainian singer and actress
- Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" PetrovaGirl
Russian tennis player
- Nadia EsraGirl
model
- Nadia SawalhaGirl
British actress and television presenter
Nadia in pop culture
- NadiaGirl
character in "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water".
- NadiaGirl
character from the 'American Pie' movies.
- NadiaGirl
Sayid's long lost love on the TV show LOST.
- Nadia SantosGirl
Sydney's half,sister on the TV show 'Alias'.
- Nadia GodfreyGirl
character Netflix's Hemlock Grove.
- Nadia PetrovaGirl
daughter of Katherine Pierce/Katerina Petrova on TV's The Vampire Diaries.
- NadiaGirl
character in the Amelia's Notebook series.
- "NadiaGirl
" Iraqi TV series and its main character.
- Nadia SatrinavaGirl
the countess from the visual novel game The Arcana
- Nadia RizaviGirl
the MFE pilot in Voltron: Legendary Defender
- Nadia VulvokovGirl
main character of the Netflix series "Russian Doll"