| Nadia | Zora | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | hope | Dawn |
| Origin | slavic | Slavic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | NAH-dee-ah | ZOR-ah |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1911 | 1880 |
| Peak year | 2005 (1,923) | 2019 (353) |
| In 2025 | 531 | 264 |
| Trend | Declining | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Nadia | Zora |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 3,818 | 1,845 |
| 2010s | 9,868 | 1,662 |
| 2000s | 15,665 | 877 |
| 1990s | 7,134 | 176 |
| 1980s | 5,533 | 63 |
| 1970s | 3,076 | 93 |
| 1960s | 536 | 132 |
| 1950s | 355 | 290 |
| 1940s | 157 | 435 |
| 1930s | 166 | 651 |
| 1920s | 151 | 1,103 |
| 1910s | 97 | 1,155 |
| 1900s | 0 | 679 |
| 1890s | 0 | 626 |
| 1880s | 0 | 415 |
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.
Zora means “dawn” or “daybreak” in the Slavic languages.
Nadia is more popular than Zora today: about 531 US babies were given the name Nadia in 2025, compared with 264 named Zora.
Nadia means hope (slavic origin), while Zora means Dawn (Slavic origin).
In US records, Nadia first appears in 1911 and Zora in 1880, so Zora has the longer recorded history.