girls:
1.5k births since 1978
#4258 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1978
#6261 (19th percentile)
The name Nadiya is the #6,261 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,484 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 19.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,258 (25.5% percentile) for all time with 1,484 births since 1978.
Nadiya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for girls in 1978). Birth data for Nadiya is available in 42 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Nadiya reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #834) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 39 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nadiya ranks #917 for girls (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 51.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nadiya".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Nadiya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 26.2% confident that Nadiya is pronounced as nuh-DEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nah-DEE-uh, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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