Nadine
Nadine is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 133 births. Its best rank was 229th, in 1926–1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1330.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19581,011 births
- Best rank
- #229first in 1926
- Since 1887
- 53,255people given the name
The story in the numbers
53,255 girls have been named Nadine in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 1,011 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 17%. It has spent 110 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nadine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | |
| 1890s | 163 | |
| 1900s | 443 | |
| 1910s | 3,095 | |
| 1920s | 6,951 | |
| 1930s | 6,196 | |
| 1940s | 5,317 | |
| 1950s | 8,979 | |
| 1960s | 8,008 | |
| 1970s | 3,890 | |
| 1980s | 3,320 | |
| 1990s | 2,684 | |
| 2000s | 1,928 | |
| 2010s | 1,555 | |
| 2020s | 701 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Nadine was the 278th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1958 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Nadine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Twilapeak 1960
- Katheleenpeak 1952
- Madonnapeak 1954
- Bernitapeak 1954
- Arlethapeak 1963
- Roslynpeak 1956
- Darlinepeak 1927
- Lornapeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.