Nadja

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nadja: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nadja: Recorded since 1955, with a gap of 14 years, it reached #315 in 1996, and it was last ranked in 2016.

2registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#315highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Nadja's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2004

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#3824
1999	#3225
2001	#3262
2003	#2727
2004	#4598

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 37 of the 62 years from 1955 to 2016.

In 2003: #607 among girls in Norway, #2727 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1955–2016 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1955
First recorded at #438 among girls in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1955–2016
Highest recorded position: #315 among girls in Norway, in 1996 (recorded 1955–2016).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #565 among girls in Norway, in 2016.
Norway · Girls

Nadja appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1955, and has registered 244 births with the name.

Nadja across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nadja's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#438 (1955)	#315 (1996)	#565 (2016)	37 of 62	244 (1955–2016)	13 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1755 (1996)	#4598 (2004)	6 of 9	29 (1996–2004)	9 (1996)

Nadja by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nadja in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	42	7 of 10	6
1980s	71	10 of 10	7
1990sbusiest	80	10 of 10	8
2000s	32	6 of 10	5
2010s	15	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Nadja appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1955 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #315 in Norway in 1996.

Nadja's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#565	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#595	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#499	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#571	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#616	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#607	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#470	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#603	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#435	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#524	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#569	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#524	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#315	13	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#424	9	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#593	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#428	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#392	11	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#616	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#396	11	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#463	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#498	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#576	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#452	9	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#573	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#616	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#661	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#458	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#449	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#464	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#370	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#574	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#569	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#620	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#552	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#536	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#458	7	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#438	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1955 and 2016, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #315, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in Norway in 1996.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 41 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nadira · #1359, 28y
Nadiya · #1287, 29y
Naeem · #629, 29y
Nael · #757, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Thora · #316, 42y
Edin · #312, 42y
Liban · #312, 42y
Najma · #318, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Claes · #315, 29y
Karim · #314, 59y
Torkil · #314, 48y
Abraham · #313, 59y

Nadja was ranked #315 in Norway · Girls in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nadja and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nadja without appearing here.

Nadja moved ahead of

Sissel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #569 and #445 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #435 and #627.
Suzanne Compare
In 1999 they stood at #524 and #481 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #435 and #572.
Wendy Compare
In 1984 they stood at #661 and #511 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #573 and #685.
Judith Compare
In 2009 they stood at #616 and #564 in Norway · Girls; by 2010 that had become #499 and #595.

Moved ahead of Nadja

Cameron Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1755 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #983.
Diane Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1755 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #983.
Kai Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1755 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1126.
Ada Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1755 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1543.

Moved the opposite way to Nadja

Maia Compare
Between 1979 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Nadja went from #370 to #565 while Maia went from #584 to #157.
Oda Compare
Between 1979 and 2016 in Norway · Girls, Nadja went from #370 to #565 while Oda went from #648 to #32.

Moved the same way as Nadja

Aud Compare
Between 1955 and 2007 in Norway · Girls, Nadja went from #438 to #616 and Aud from #14 to #504.
Bente Compare
Between 1955 and 2007 in Norway · Girls, Nadja went from #438 to #616 and Bente from #2 to #587.
Janet Compare
Between 1955 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Nadja went from #438 to #616 and Janet from #243 to #652.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1955 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #315 in Norway in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Nadja

Nadja at a glance

What stands out in Nadja's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nadja across 2 official records

Nadja by decade in Norway · Girls

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Nadja at a glance

What stands out in Nadja's record

Nadja across 2 official records

Nadja by decade in Norway · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Nadja

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