How Many People Are Named Nadja?
An estimated 1,036 people in the United States have the first name Nadja. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Nadja peaked in popularity in 1996 with 52 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nadja as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nadja paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,036
About 1 in 330,844 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1996
52 births
Total Registered
1,155
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nadja
Nadja is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,155 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nadja as a female name
Ranked #10,796 in 2024
9 female births in 2024
Peak: 1996 (52 births)
Nadja: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nadja span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 266 babies were registered. Nadja has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Nadja by Decade
How has Nadja tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nadja by State
Birth registrations for Nadja span all 4 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, New Jersey. The lowest are in Florida, New Jersey, California. On average, about 30 Nadjas were registered per state.
Nadja + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nadja as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nadja
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Nadja: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nadja?
We estimate approximately 1,036 people named Nadja are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 330,844 Americans share this first name.
Is Nadja a common name?
Nadja is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,155 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nadja most popular?
Nadja reached peak popularity in 1996, when 52 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nadja is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nadja a female name?
Nadja is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nadja Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nadja Smith, Nadja Johnson, Nadja Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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