Recorded 1892–2025 · United States
Nada was most popular in 2000, when 78 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,557 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,565, with 32 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,129 people named Nada.
Nada first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1892, which makes it about 133 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 132 of the 134 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,129 American births named Nada between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,409 are estimated to be alive today.
32 American babies were named Nada in 2025, ranking #7,565 that year.
Nada is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 31 births a year, against 58 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -47% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Nada is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 5,129 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,409 Americans named Nada are alive today — 66% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 34 years old, and half are between 19 and 64. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org