Nidia
Nidia is a female given name that may refer to professional wrestler Nidia Guenard or another notable person listed below:Nidia Barboza, Costa Rican poet and feminist activist Nidia Bustos, Nicaraguan director Nidia Morrell, Argentine astronomer Nidia María Jiménez Vásquez, Costa Rican politician Nidia Vílchez, Peruvian politician
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Nidia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nidia is a female given name that may refer to professional wrestler Nidia Guenard or another notable person listed below:Nidia Barboza, Costa Rican poet and feminist activist Nidia Bustos, Nicaraguan director Nidia Morrell, Argentine astronomer Nidia María Jiménez Vásquez, Costa Rican politician Nidia Vílchez, Peruvian politician
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Nidia
The earliest SSA record of Nidia as a baby girl name dates back to 1943, when 5 babies received it. 1992 was its biggest year on record, with 92 newborns named Nidia — #1,643 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Nidia on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Nidia ranks #7,852 for baby girls with 13 births, gradually falling (-7%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Nidia
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About the name Nidia
Nidia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1943 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Nidia's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #1,619. Use the chart and map above to compare Nidia'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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