Nada
Feminine · “dew”
Nada is Arabic for dew and generosity at once, Slavic for hope, and Spanish for nothing — three languages and three entirely different senses.
How old is the name Nada?
Nada first appears in US birth records in 1892 — 133 years ago. The typical Nada alive today was born around 1964, making them about 61 years old. About 3,500 people named Nada are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Nada most popular?
Nada peaked in 1934, reaching #791 nationally. Today it ranks #4352, 3,561 places below that high. See the whole 1934 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Nada
Ours, offered as ours. The Arabic sense is the loveliest: nada is dew, and the same word means open-handedness, because generosity was understood as something that falls without being asked for and without being noticed at the time. Slavic Nada is hope and gives Nadezhda. Spanish nada is nothing, from a Latin phrase meaning no thing born. Three languages, four letters, and one of them means the opposite of the other two.
Meaningscholars disagree
dew, generosity; or hope
Arabic nada means dew and, by an old metaphor, generosity — the giving that falls quietly. Slavic nada means hope, from a verb about expecting. Spanish nada means nothing, from Latin nata, a thing born. All three are documented.
Pronouncing Nada
NAH-dah
Two syllables, first stressed. All three languages give the same shape.
Nicknames for Nada
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1892
- Most girls named
- 192673 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #791reached in 1934
- Change vs 2022
- 0.0%32 in 2025, from 32
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Nada in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Nada in Arabic — same name
- Нада in Serbian — transliteration
- Nadezhda in Russian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Michigan, Minnesota.
Nadas among us
people named Nada are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 50,227 born in 2025 was named Nada
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Izola test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Nada's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Izola climbed just as high around 1908, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Izola's path sketches the road Nada is walking now.
Nada sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Nada is headed
Nada should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Nada beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Nada in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Three real traditions produce it, two of them with excellent senses.
- Four letters and two syllables, about as easy to write as a name gets.
- Open vowels make it easy to say in most languages.
- In Spanish it is the ordinary word for nothing, which is unavoidable.
- The three possible sources mean entirely different things.
- Nada, Nadia and Nadya are all close and get confused.
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Frequently asked
- How many Nadas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,500 people named Nada are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Nada in 2025?
- Nada ranks #4352 among US girl names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Nada?
- About 1 in every 50,227 US girls born in 2025 was named Nada — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Nada with classmates?
- Nada will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Nada
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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