girl's name

Nada

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 9,857

France

#736

2025 births

Nada is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 32 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2000, when 78 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 103,605 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1892.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Nada over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Nada by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 46
1900s 81
1910s 250
1920s 556
1930s 602
1940s 432
1950s 458
1960s 292
1970s 279
1980s 325
1990s 475
2000s 601
2010s 540
2020s (to 2025) 192

How popular is Nada?

In 2025, Nada was given to 32 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Nada is used

France #736 55 in 2025
Ireland #792 4 in 2007
Scotland #910 3 in 2009
Canada #1,321 19 in 2024
England & Wales #2,939 9 in 2025
United States #4,419 32 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Nada

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nada also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nada over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Nada

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nada — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nada

How popular is the name Nada?

In 2025, Nada was given to 32 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Nada a girl's or a boy's name?

Nada is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Nada?

Nada has 2 syllables.

When was Nada most popular?

Nada peaked in 2000, when 78 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Nada a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nada currently ranks #736 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.