Meaning and history
Nadja is a German and Scandinavian transcription of Russian Nadya, a diminutive of Nadezhda. Nadezhda means “hope” in Russian and belongs to the Christian virtue-name tradition alongside Faith and Love. Nadja is widely used independently outside Russia. Notable bearers include German actor Nadja Uhl and Italian-American violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. The spelling reflects Germanic and international transliteration rather than a separate origin.
20062006: 14 births, rank #8,237
2007: 20 births, rank #6,552
2008: 17 births, rank #7,408
2009: 12 births, rank #9,379
2010: 19 births, rank #6,641
20112011: 10 births, rank #10,374
2012: 11 births, rank #9,711
2013: 8 births, rank #11,969
2014: 6 births, rank #14,558
2015: 7 births, rank #13,006
20162016: 11 births, rank #9,411
2017: 12 births, rank #8,776
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: 10 births, rank #9,736
2020: no US SSA record for this spelling
20212021: 15 births, rank #7,250
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: 5 births, rank #15,194
2024: 9 births, rank #10,271
20252025: 11 births, rank #8,860
In 2025, 11 babies were recorded with the name Nadja, ranking #8,860 among girls.