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Nadine

/nəˈdin/ · 100% girls · 128 born in 2025

Nadine has been given to about 53,424 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1958, which makes it a midcentury name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation/nəˈdin/
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 36,405
Median age today63 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Nadine per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandFranceNorwayeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1958 · 1,011
  • Born in 2025128
  • All time53,424
  • England & Wales, 202513

How popular is Nadine?

Its best year was 1958, when 1,011 babies were given the name, ranking 278th. The typical living American called Nadine is about 63 years old today. It is relatively most common in Massachusetts, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Nadine

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Janine0.75
  2. Aline0.75
  3. Laine0.75
  4. Bernadine0.71
  5. Maxine0.70
  6. Jasmine0.68
  7. Madeline0.68
  8. Norine0.70

Middle names for Nadine

Ranked by flow score
  1. Nadine Rose0.87
  2. Nadine Marie0.87
  3. Nadine Grace0.87
  4. Nadine Louise0.87
  5. Nadine Claire0.86
  6. Nadine Mae0.86

Sibling names for Nadine

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Ramonasister · 0.96
  2. Myrasister · 0.96
  3. Frankieeither · 0.95
  4. Otisbrother · 0.94
  5. Rudybrother · 0.94
  6. Rolandbrother · 0.93

Where Nadine is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Massachusetts0.01%
  2. Ohio0.01%
  3. Arizona0.01%
  4. Illinois0.01%
  5. California0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Nadine White0.82
  2. Nadine Moore0.82
  3. Nadine Hill0.82
  4. Nadine Hall0.82
  5. Nadine Brown0.82
  6. Nadine Young0.79

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Nadine

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. Ireland1998–2019
  5. France1900–2025
  6. Norway1945–2025
  7. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Nadine across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.