Sadie

Where Sadie comes from

The dictionaries list Sadie as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Sarah. Also a popular formal given name in the 19th century — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #74 among girls — 317 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1965
    Sadie Frost born
    English actress and producer
  3. 2001
    Sadie Stanley born
    American actress and singer
  4. 2014
    Peak, #46
    4,871 babies named Sadie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2014
    The comeback
    Back to #46 after sinking to #1,259 in 1970.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Sarah. Also a popular formal given name in the 19th century.
Namesakes
  • Sadie Frost · English actress and producer, born 1965
  • Sadie Stanley · American actress and singer, born 2001
  • Sadie Plant · British writer, born 1964
  • Sadie Maubet Bjornsen · American cross-country skier, born 1989
  • Sadie Sandler · American actress, born 2006

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.