Nadja
Nadja is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199652 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 1,155people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,155 girls have been named Nadja in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 52 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 23%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nadja | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | |
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 13 | |
| 1940s | 25 | |
| 1950s | 46 | |
| 1960s | 127 | |
| 1970s | 150 | |
| 1980s | 178 | |
| 1990s | 266 | |
| 2000s | 203 | |
| 2010s | 94 | |
| 2020s | 29 |
In 1996, its biggest year
Nadja was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1996 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Nadja
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Raeannpeak 1998
- Raeannepeak 1999
- Sabrinapeak 1997
- Serinapeak 1998
- Alisiapeak 1998
- Sarenapeak 1999
- Deonapeak 1995
- Lisettepeak 1999
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.