Meaning not yet researched.
Sadie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,168 in 2025. Its best rank was #46 in 2014.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #46 in 2014; #50 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Sadie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#50 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2014, at #46.
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Sadie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,168 girls in 2025. Peak: #46 in 2014 · most girls in one year: 4,871 (2014).
In 2025, 4,168 US girls were named Sadie, making it the 50th most common girls’ name of the year, up 7 places from #57 in 2024. That is 430 more than the 3,738 girls named Sadie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #46, reached in 2014. That year also had the most girls given the name: 4,871. For comparison, it was #52 in 2015 and #458 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sadie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 317 babies with the name. In all, 149,922 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 36,604 babies named Sadie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 35,687 US girls were named Sadie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,299. In 2025 that was about 1 in 386 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sadie ranked highest in Tennessee in 2025, at #16 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 45 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Zadie (3,615 babies since 1880) and Saydee (1,616 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sadye, Sadia and Shadi are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Sadye (1,532), Sadia (1,366), Shadi (966), Sadee (866), Saddie (854), Sadi (703), Saadia (659), Saydie (606), Sadiya (508), Saydi (468), Saudia (421), Sadey (368), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Sadie in the open dataset we use.
Sadie is listed as a nickname for Mercedes, Sarah.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 186 | #16 | #25 |
| Mississippi | 55 | #17 | #15 |
| Wyoming | 10 | #21 | #31 |
| Alabama | 95 | #24 | #22 |
| Kansas | 62 | #26 | #32 |
| Kentucky | 90 | #28 | #31 |
| Idaho | 41 | #28 | #63 |
| Pennsylvania | 215 | #29 | #29 |
| West Virginia | 33 | #29 | #25 |
| Oklahoma | 73 | #29 | #37 |
| South Carolina | 87 | #29 | #26 |
| North Carolina | 193 | #31 | #24 |
| Missouri | 107 | #33 | #47 |
| South Dakota | 19 | #35 | #35 |
| Minnesota | 85 | #42 | #79 |
| Iowa | 52 | #42 | #78 |
| Ohio | 172 | #43 | #53 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | #44 | #29 |
| Virginia | 124 | #45 | #51 |
| Georgia | 152 | #45 | #33 |
| Michigan | 129 | #45 | #53 |
| Maryland | 73 | #46 | #75 |
| Utah | 69 | #48 | #32 |
| Wisconsin | 73 | #52 | #89 |
| Oregon | 49 | #52 | #56 |
| Nebraska | 29 | #56 | #50 |
| Indiana | 90 | #56 | #55 |
| Alaska | 10 | #58 | #25 |
| Louisiana | 57 | #59 | #37 |
| Washington | 89 | #62 | #59 |
| Massachusetts | 79 | #66 | #64 |
| Maine | 15 | #66 | #35 |
| Colorado | 70 | #67 | #52 |
| Hawaii | 11 | #68 | #38 |
| New York | 200 | #68 | #94 |
| New Jersey | 101 | #70 | #83 |
| Arkansas | 36 | #71 | #23 |
| Illinois | 116 | #71 | #90 |
| Vermont | 6 | #73 | #80 |
| Florida | 207 | #77 | #75 |
| Texas | 314 | #80 | #74 |
| Connecticut | 31 | #88 | #69 |
| Delaware | 9 | #94 | #61 |
| California | 307 | #96 | #108 |
| Arizona | 63 | #96 | #76 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #104 | #126 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #118 | #56 |
| Nevada | 20 | #118 | #80 |
| Montana | 9 | #121 | #37 |
| New Mexico | 10 | #156 | #243 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #156 | #49 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,168 | #50 | — | — |
| 2024 | 3,738 | #57 | — | — |
| 2023 | 3,597 | #59 | — | — |
| 2022 | 3,302 | #68 | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,224 | #78 | 6 | #11,878 |
| 2020 | 3,204 | #78 | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,164 | #87 | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,267 | #87 | — | — |
| 2017 | 3,724 | #71 | — | — |
| 2016 | 4,299 | #60 | — | — |
| 2015 | 4,763 | #52 | 7 | #10,415 |
| 2014 | 4,871 | #46 | — | — |
| 2013 | 4,663 | #49 | 10 | #7,991 |
| 2012 | 2,595 | #120 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,598 | #123 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2,638 | #118 | 5 | #13,877 |
| 2009 | 2,975 | #111 | 6 | #12,199 |
| 2008 | 3,163 | #109 | — | — |
| 2007 | 3,178 | #107 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2,233 | #157 | 5 | #13,638 |
| 2005 | 1,954 | #174 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,753 | #194 | 6 | #11,090 |
| 2003 | 1,707 | #190 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,566 | #212 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,483 | #215 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,316 | #243 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,089 | #286 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,123 | #277 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,069 | #274 | 5 | #10,523 |
| 1996 | 1,058 | #273 | — | — |
| 1995 | 972 | #286 | — | — |
| 1994 | 853 | #319 | — | — |
| 1993 | 683 | #374 | — | — |
| 1992 | 610 | #416 | — | — |
| 1991 | 582 | #438 | — | — |
| 1990 | 541 | #455 | — | — |
| 1989 | 475 | #496 | — | — |
| 1988 | 404 | #540 | 5 | #8,283 |
| 1987 | 389 | #526 | — | — |
| 1986 | 330 | #585 | — | — |
| 1985 | 299 | #627 | — | — |
| 1984 | 217 | #749 | — | — |
| 1983 | 217 | #752 | — | — |
| 1982 | 276 | #649 | — | — |
| 1981 | 279 | #637 | — | — |
| 1980 | 276 | #657 | — | — |
| 1979 | 271 | #643 | — | — |
| 1978 | 260 | #635 | — | — |
| 1977 | 235 | #669 | — | — |
| 1976 | 220 | #677 | — | — |
| 1975 | 198 | #736 | — | — |
| 1974 | 149 | #874 | — | — |
| 1973 | 108 | #1,073 | — | — |
| 1972 | 104 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1971 | 121 | #1,025 | — | — |
| 1970 | 88 | #1,262 | — | — |
| 1969 | 80 | #1,255 | — | — |
| 1968 | 82 | #1,207 | — | — |
| 1967 | 102 | #1,024 | — | — |
| 1966 | 91 | #1,110 | — | — |
| 1965 | 110 | #994 | — | — |
| 1964 | 106 | #1,059 | — | — |
| 1963 | 135 | #905 | — | — |
| 1962 | 122 | #966 | — | — |
| 1961 | 150 | #875 | — | — |
| 1960 | 153 | #837 | — | — |
| 1959 | 143 | #859 | — | — |
| 1958 | 180 | #745 | — | — |
| 1957 | 214 | #675 | — | — |
| 1956 | 237 | #624 | — | — |
| 1955 | 231 | #611 | — | — |
| 1954 | 253 | #559 | — | — |
| 1953 | 264 | #529 | — | — |
| 1952 | 299 | #489 | — | — |
| 1951 | 302 | #477 | — | — |
| 1950 | 314 | #458 | — | — |
| 1949 | 352 | #418 | — | — |
| 1948 | 324 | #442 | — | — |
| 1947 | 383 | #412 | — | — |
| 1946 | 382 | #389 | — | — |
| 1945 | 400 | #340 | — | — |
| 1944 | 413 | #339 | — | — |
| 1943 | 433 | #344 | — | — |
| 1942 | 457 | #323 | — | — |
| 1941 | 499 | #290 | 5 | #3,925 |
| 1940 | 525 | #271 | 6 | #3,409 |
| 1939 | 495 | #280 | — | — |
| 1938 | 529 | #276 | 5 | #3,955 |
| 1937 | 531 | #271 | 6 | #3,471 |
| 1936 | 555 | #259 | 7 | #3,104 |
| 1935 | 626 | #250 | 8 | #2,910 |
| 1934 | 651 | #244 | 6 | #3,615 |
| 1933 | 683 | #231 | 6 | #3,580 |
| 1932 | 679 | #233 | 6 | #3,713 |
| 1931 | 728 | #227 | 6 | #3,692 |
| 1930 | 821 | #214 | — | — |
| 1929 | 828 | #215 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1928 | 895 | #210 | 5 | #4,632 |
| 1927 | 947 | #207 | 9 | #3,109 |
| 1926 | 1,028 | #194 | 11 | #2,705 |
| 1925 | 1,051 | #194 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1924 | 1,120 | #193 | 8 | #3,457 |
| 1923 | 1,180 | #185 | — | — |
| 1922 | 1,263 | #177 | 8 | #3,485 |
| 1921 | 1,249 | #176 | 6 | #4,255 |
| 1920 | 1,285 | #174 | 8 | #3,446 |
| 1919 | 1,412 | #157 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,453 | #155 | 5 | #4,698 |
| 1917 | 1,404 | #151 | — | — |
| 1916 | 1,529 | #133 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 1,458 | #133 | 6 | #3,761 |
| 1914 | 1,296 | #124 | 7 | #2,863 |
| 1913 | 1,112 | #115 | — | — |
| 1912 | 1,032 | #114 | 7 | #2,234 |
| 1911 | 806 | #113 | — | — |
| 1910 | 886 | #100 | 5 | #1,802 |
| 1909 | 749 | #104 | — | — |
| 1908 | 770 | #96 | — | — |
| 1907 | 771 | #95 | — | — |
| 1906 | 748 | #92 | — | — |
| 1905 | 750 | #91 | — | — |
| 1904 | 703 | #92 | 5 | #1,375 |
| 1903 | 683 | #89 | 5 | #1,279 |
| 1902 | 716 | #89 | — | — |
| 1901 | 676 | #85 | — | — |
| 1900 | 895 | #84 | — | — |
| 1899 | 705 | #82 | — | — |
| 1898 | 808 | #77 | — | — |
| 1897 | 757 | #76 | — | — |
| 1896 | 827 | #72 | — | — |
| 1895 | 829 | #72 | 5 | #1,215 |
| 1894 | 745 | #73 | — | — |
| 1893 | 706 | #72 | — | — |
| 1892 | 724 | #71 | — | — |
| 1891 | 617 | #72 | — | — |
| 1890 | 680 | #69 | — | — |
| 1889 | 664 | #67 | 5 | #1,091 |
| 1888 | 691 | #69 | — | — |
| 1887 | 519 | #70 | — | — |
| 1886 | 562 | #68 | — | — |
| 1885 | 514 | #69 | — | — |
| 1884 | 466 | #71 | — | — |
| 1883 | 425 | #69 | — | — |
| 1882 | 391 | #72 | — | — |
| 1881 | 366 | #69 | — | — |
| 1880 | 317 | #74 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).