Nada

#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births

Peak · girls
1934 · 72 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,129
since 1892

Nada over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nada has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #791, 1934girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,35232
2024#4,38732
2023#4,27633
2022#4,37832
2021#4,83327
2020#3,91536
2019#4,16234
2018#3,10752
2017#3,47944
2016#2,96656
2015#3,17752
2014#2,71464
2013#3,07653
2012#2,51672
2011#3,22251
2010#2,80362
2009#2,73066
2008#3,42048
2007#3,28951
2006#2,75764
2005#3,31746
2004#3,03351
2003#2,73757
2002#2,22874
2001#2,37966
2000#2,08978
1999#2,01877
1998#2,46156
1997#2,55650
1996#2,63047
1995#3,42232
1994#2,43252
1993#2,48950
1992#2,68745
1991#2,98938
1990#3,71428
1989#2,52745
1988#2,80337
1987#3,85722
1986#2,56438
1985#3,73022
1984#3,32925
1983#2,65933
1982#3,01729
1981#2,52937
1980#2,53737
1979#3,23625
1978#3,09825
1977#2,71530
1976#3,18822
1975#2,61229
1974#2,34833
1973#3,01522
1972#2,45129
1971#2,54229
1970#2,24035
1969#2,17134
1968#2,53824
1967#2,78120
1966#2,51923
1965#2,24728
1964#2,24629
1963#2,17230
1962#2,35726
1961#2,11731
1960#1,63747
1959#1,64344
1958#1,63043
1957#1,61245
1956#1,53348
1955#1,64139
1954#1,48146
1953#1,29956
1952#1,54039
1951#1,36247
1950#1,28551
1949#1,35346
1948#1,82027
1947#1,31848
1946#1,39439
1945#1,31237
1944#1,15346
1943#1,18147
1942#1,13748
1941#1,08746
1940#1,03548
1939#1,13241
1938#99251
1937#95053
1936#87061
1935#96052
1934#79172
1933#86560
1932#80871
1931#79772
1930#85969
1929#99453
1928#89667
1927#99059
1926#86673
1925#1,05052
1924#99958
1923#99257
1922#1,08949
1921#1,03553
1920#1,31235
1919#1,34833
1918#1,33333
1917#1,05445
1916#1,22734
1915#1,28530
1914#1,38521
1913#1,52815
1912#1,35216
1911#2,4635
1910#1,03018
1909#1,21912
1908#1,20312
1907#1,5128
1906#1,9515
1905#1,2989
1904#1,17010
1903—
1902#1,5946
1901#1,1369
1900#1,23110
1899#1,3946
1898#1,7005
1897#1,0949
1896#1,2138
1895#1,2997
1894#1,4855
1893—
1892#1,2786
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five girls were named Nada! It came in at #1,278, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Nada is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedMOKentucky: #461 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,196 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedKSArkansas: #432 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,666 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Nada, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#432 · 1 in 3,666
  2. Kentucky#461 · 1 in 5,196

Best ever in a state: #173 in Idaho, 1924.

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Kentucky#46151 in 5,196
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Nada
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 35 spots since 2024 (#4,387 → #4,352)
  • 437 spots since 2020 (#3,915 → #4,352)
  • 1,175 spots since 2015 (#3,177 → #4,352)
  • Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1926 (#1,050 → #866)
  • Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1935 (#791 → #960)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1934 at #791 (72 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1926–1938
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,503
  • Highest: 1 in 14,503 girls born in 1934 were named Nada (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 11.7% of all girls named Nada (602) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s46#1,094 (1897)#1,352
1900s81#1,136 (1901)#1,368
1910s250#1,030 (1910)#1,401
1920s556#866 (1926)#1,022
1930s602#791 (1934)#902
1940s432#1,035 (1940)#1,279
1950s458#1,285 (1950)#1,503
1960s292#1,637 (1960)#2,279
1970s279#2,240 (1970)#2,745
1980s325#2,527 (1989)#2,955
1990s475#2,018 (1999)#2,740
2000s601#2,089 (2000)#2,798
2010s540#2,516 (2012)#3,122
2020s192#3,915 (2020)#4,357

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Nada in 1933

girls
#865
60 births · 1 in 16,799 girls

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #865Nada60
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 16,799 of them was named Nada, which outranked 82.2% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nada
  1. #858Lyda61
  2. #858Rosina61
  3. #858Rubie61
  4. #865Nada60
  5. #865Adelina60
  6. #865Bridget60
  7. #865Cheryl60
  8. #878Ana59
  9. #878Ardell59
  10. #878Concepcion59

Tied with 12 names at #865; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1933 →