| Ivana | Nadia | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | God is gracious | hope |
| Origin | Slavic | slavic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | ee-VAH-nah | NAH-dee-ah |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 1943 | 1911 |
| Peak year | 2010 (266) | 2005 (1,923) |
| In 2025 | 217 | 531 |
| Trend | Steady | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Ivana | Nadia |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,326 | 3,818 |
| 2010s | 2,020 | 9,868 |
| 2000s | 1,852 | 15,665 |
| 1990s | 1,934 | 7,134 |
| 1980s | 442 | 5,533 |
| 1970s | 300 | 3,076 |
| 1960s | 101 | 536 |
| 1950s | 47 | 355 |
| 1940s | 20 | 157 |
| 1930s | 0 | 166 |
| 1920s | 0 | 151 |
| 1910s | 0 | 97 |
Ivana is the Slavic feminine of John, “God is gracious.”
A Slavic name derived from Russian/Bulgarian Nadezhda, from Old Slavic for 'hope' (Proto-Slavic root naděja). Originally a diminutive of Nadezhda, it is widely used as a given name in its own right. Note: a separate Arabic name Nadiyyah ('tender, delicate') is sometimes conflated with it but is an unrelated root.
Nadia is more popular than Ivana today: about 531 US babies were given the name Nadia in 2025, compared with 217 named Ivana.
Ivana means God is gracious (Slavic origin), while Nadia means hope (slavic origin).
In US records, Ivana first appears in 1943 and Nadia in 1911, so Nadia has the longer recorded history.