How Many People Are Named Nadja?

1,078

people named Nadja are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 317,054 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,166 babies named Nadja in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#10,100

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,670

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Peak Year

1996

52 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: German, Slovene
Pronunciation: NAD-ya (German)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

German and Slovene form of NADYA (1).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

NadzeyaNadejdaNadezhdaNadiaNadyaNadaNadicaNaděždaNadineNadègeNadeždaNadziejaNadiya

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Nadja in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Nadja alive today is about 35 years old, and 45% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 49 in 2025.

Under 30 478
44.3%
30 to 59 485
45%
60 and over 115
10.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Nadja first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1996, to 52 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Nadja has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,466, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #9,275.

Girls
Rank in 2025#9,275
Best rank#2,466 (1996)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#4,032 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Nadja alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Nadja were born in New York than in any other state: about 84 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nadja was given about 10 times as often in New York.

New York 84
California 15
New Jersey 11
Florida 6

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