NameTides

Nada

Nada was the #4,352 girls' name in the US in 2025 (32 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Nada as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nada as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nada as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#4,352 (32)#2,788 (9)——#1,495 (16)
2024#4,387 (32)#2,116 (13)——#1,291 (19)
2023#4,276 (33)#1,525 (20)——#1,898 (11)
2022#4,378 (32)#2,058 (13)——#1,209 (20)
2021#4,833 (27)#2,341 (11)——#947 (29)
2020#3,915 (36)#2,042 (13)——#971 (27)
2019#4,162 (34)#1,389 (22)——#826 (34)
2018#3,107 (52)#1,977 (14)——#703 (41)
2017#3,479 (44)#1,371 (24)——#746 (38)
2016#2,966 (56)#1,571 (20)——#646 (46)
2015#3,177 (52)#1,405 (23)——#700 (41)
2014#2,714 (64)#1,367 (23)——#580 (53)
2013#3,076 (53)#1,433 (22)——#568 (53)
2012#2,516 (72)#1,297 (25)——#526 (57)
2011#3,222 (51)#1,117 (30)——#450 (70)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1934 at #791.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1892.

How common is it?

about 1 in 50,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nada is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 45,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 38,000 to 1 in 54,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nada by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nada (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7745
Ontario2024#1,5856

Nada (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NadaCanadaGirls#1,49516
NadaEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
NadaIrelandGirls—too few
NadaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NadaScotlandGirls—too few
NadaUSGirls#4,35232