Fadia
Fadia can be either a given name or a surname of Arabic origin. It is the feminine form of the names Fadi and Fady, which are quite common in Arab countries, especially in the Gulf, while the feminine name Fadia is quite rare but mostly found in Morocco.
Meaning & Origin of Fadia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fadia can be either a given name or a surname of Arabic origin. It is the feminine form of the names Fadi and Fady, which are quite common in Arab countries, especially in the Gulf, while the feminine name Fadia is quite rare but mostly found in Morocco.
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The Story of Fadia
Fadia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1978, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1989: 10 births, good for #7,449 nationwide. About 46% of every Fadia on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Fadia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 76 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Fadia
Fadia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 76 births in the dataset. Fadia's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #7,449. Use the chart and map above to compare Fadia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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