| Nadia | Ivana | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | hope | God is gracious |
| Origin | slavic | Slavic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | NAH-dee-ah | ee-VAH-nah |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 1911 | 1943 |
| Peak year | 2005 (1,923) | 2010 (266) |
| In 2025 | 531 | 217 |
| Trend | Declining | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Nadia | Ivana |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 3,818 | 1,326 |
| 2010s | 9,868 | 2,020 |
| 2000s | 15,665 | 1,852 |
| 1990s | 7,134 | 1,934 |
| 1980s | 5,533 | 442 |
| 1970s | 3,076 | 300 |
| 1960s | 536 | 101 |
| 1950s | 355 | 47 |
| 1940s | 157 | 20 |
| 1930s | 166 | 0 |
| 1920s | 151 | 0 |
| 1910s | 97 | 0 |
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.
Ivana is the Slavic feminine of John, “God is gracious.”
Nadia is more popular than Ivana today: about 531 US babies were given the name Nadia in 2025, compared with 217 named Ivana.
Nadia means hope (slavic origin), while Ivana means God is gracious (Slavic origin).
In US records, Nadia first appears in 1911 and Ivana in 1943, so Nadia has the longer recorded history.