Fadia

Girls' name

Feminine form of Fadi

Fadia has been given to 76 babies in the U.S. since 1978. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1989, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Fadia, 2016

1 in 734,000

Fadia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fadia: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Fadi

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Fadia means

Fadia is a feminine form of Fadi.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Fadia is used in Arabic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈfaː.di.ja/ for Fadia.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Fadia → Fadi. The family’s meaning is “saviour”, recorded in the naming reference for Fadi.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Fadi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 76 girls were recorded with the name Fadia between 1978 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1989; its best national rank was #7,613 in 1989.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Fadia?

Fadia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 734,000; 5 of 3,669,531 births
Among girls only: 1 in 354,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 508,706 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Fadia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2016 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 508,706 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fadia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fadias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fadia was born before 1989 — so the typical Fadia is around 36 today.

Median birth year: 1989; About 36 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 46.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 31.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 76; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 46.1% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Fadia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1989 (10)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,613; 1989

Spellings of Fadia

Fadia is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 32.1% against Fadia's <0.01%.

Maria32.1%566,111
Lydia10.6%187,039
Sadie8.5%149,681
Ada6.1%106,905
Aria5.4%95,674
Jada3.8%67,400
Nadia2.6%46,556
Fatima2.2%38,945

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Fadia around the world

Where Fadia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2009–2014
#5,691
in 2014
France
1965–2025
#3,399
in 2025
South Australia
1986–1991
#669
in 1991

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Fadia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,613; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 10 that year
First recorded: 1978
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 76
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Fadia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kadia Kendia Fadra Ledia Judia Aydia Audia Idia Ludia Fadwa Andia Aradia Vidia Nedia Zadia Redia Fadak Badia Fadima Aidia Faduma Vedia Hydia Radia

Sibling names for Fadia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Stephani Ashli Jalisa Britany Chantelle Leandra Lissette Kala

For a brother

Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick Lauren Hakeem Demario Jerrell Arron

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