Sadie

#50 for girls in 2025, 4,168 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2014 · 4,871 births
Debut · girls
317 births
In top 100 · girls
43 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
149,681
since 1880

Sadie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #46, 2014girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#504,168
2024#573,738
2023#593,597
2022#683,302
2021#783,224#10,7996
2020#783,204
2019#873,164
2018#873,267
2017#713,724
2016#604,299
2015#524,763#9,5687
2014#464,871
2013#494,663#7,53710
2012#1202,595
2011#1232,598
2010#1182,638#12,2315
2009#1112,975#10,9946
2008#1093,163
2007#1073,178
2006#1572,233#12,0555
2005#1741,954
2004#1941,753#9,9486
2003#1891,707
2002#2121,566
2001#2151,483
2000#2421,316
1999#2861,089
1998#2771,123
1997#2741,069#9,2655
1996#2731,058
1995#286972
1994#319853
1993#374683
1992#415610
1991#437582
1990#455541
1989#496475
1988#539404#7,2705
1987#525389
1986#585330
1985#626299
1984#749217
1983#751217
1982#647276
1981#636279
1980#657276
1979#643271
1978#634260
1977#669235
1976#677220
1975#736198
1974#871149
1973#1,066108
1972#1,090104
1971#1,021121
1970#1,25988
1969#1,25080
1968#1,19682
1967#1,020102
1966#1,10291
1965#989110
1964#1,051106
1963#903135
1962#960122
1961#869150
1960#832153
1959#854143
1958#740180
1957#672214
1956#623237
1955#611231
1954#557253
1953#529264
1952#489299
1951#477302
1950#458314
1949#418352
1948#440324
1947#412383
1946#388382
1945#339400
1944#339413
1943#343433
1942#323457
1941#290499#3,5055
1940#271525#3,1306
1939#280495
1938#276529#3,5345
1937#271531#3,1756
1936#259555#2,8547
1935#250626#2,7198
1934#243651#3,2776
1933#231683#3,2686
1932#233679#3,3616
1931#227728#3,3906
1930#214821
1929#215828#2,7669
1928#210895#4,1515
1927#207947#2,9129
1926#1941,028#2,56611
1925#1941,051#3,7416
1924#1931,120#3,2608
1923#1851,180
1922#1771,263#3,2528
1921#1761,249#3,8696
1920#1741,285#3,2088
1919#1571,412
1918#1551,453#4,1795
1917#1511,404
1916#1331,529#3,8975
1915#1331,458#3,3926
1914#1241,296#2,6517
1913#1151,112
1912#1141,032#2,0457
1911#113806
1910#100886#1,5895
1909#103749
1908#96770
1907#95771
1906#92748
1905#91750
1904#92703#1,2055
1903#89683#1,1305
1902#89716
1901#85676
1900#84895
1899#82705
1898#77808
1897#76757
1896#72827
1895#72829#1,0795
1894#73745
1893#72706
1892#71724
1891#72617
1890#69680
1889#67664#9745
1888#68691
1887#70519
1886#68562
1885#69514
1884#71466
1883#68425
1882#72391
1881#69366
1880#74317
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sadie was already there! It came in at #74, and was given to 317 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964–1970, when fewer than 120 girls a year got the name.

See more about Sadie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#57#50)
  • 28 spots since 2020 (#78#50)
  • 2 spots since 2015 (#52#50)
  • Biggest jump: 195 spots in 1974 (#1,066#871)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1964 (#903#1,051)
Rise & fade · girls
134 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2014 at #46 (4,871 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 43 yrs · run 1880–1908
  • Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1880–1963
Share of babies · girls
1 in 251
  • Highest: 1 in 251 girls born in 1881 were named Sadie (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 386 girls born in 2025 (0.26%)
  • Its best rank, #46 in 2014, was only 1 in 367 (0.27%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 24.4% of all girls named Sadie (36,582) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #67 (1889) → #1,259 (1970) → #46 (2014)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s4,915#67 (1889)#70
1890s7,398#69 (1890)#74
1900s7,461#84 (1900)#92
1910s12,388#100 (1910)#130
1920s10,846#174 (1920)#193
1930s6,298#214 (1930)#248
1940s4,168#271 (1940)#356
1950s2,437#458 (1950)#601
1960s1,131#832 (1960)#1,017
1970s1,754#634 (1978)#867
1980s3,162#496 (1989)#621
1990s8,580#273 (1996)#340
2000s21,328#107 (2007)#171
2010s36,582#46 (2014)#81
2020s21,233#50 (2025)#65

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sadie in 1914

girls
#124
1,296 births · 1 in 588 girls
boys
#2,651
7 births · 1 in 93,537 boys

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #124Sadie1,296

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #2,651Sadie7
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 588 of them was named Sadie, which outranked 97.1% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sadie
  1. #121Dora1,343
  2. #122Loretta1,323
  3. #123Geraldine1,320
  4. #124Sadie1,296
  5. #125Verna1,226
  6. #126Daisy1,202
  7. #127Olive1,200
Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 589Rilla#1,358#769
  2. 587Venita#1,465#878
  3. 509Orene#1,465#956
  4. 486Vonnie#1,405#919
  5. 463Kathlyn#1,020#557
Fallers
  1. 837Christena#981#1,818
  2. 642Tiny#961#1,603
  3. 504Dominga#881#1,385
  4. 504Florrie#881#1,385
  5. 419Veola#925#1,344

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 93,537 of them was named Sadie, which outranked 29.5% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sadie
  1. #2,457Yancey8
  2. #2,457Yates8
  3. #2,457Zolton8
  4. #2,651Sadie7
  5. #2,651Ad7
  6. #2,651Adair7
  7. #2,651Adalbert7
  8. #2,915Abbot6
  9. #2,915Abelardo6
  10. #2,915Abundio6

Tied with 263 names at #2,651; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 817Gilmore#1,803#986
  2. 647Santos#1,580#933
  3. 546Lorenza#1,365#819
  4. 534Bobby#1,441#907
  5. 534Gino#1,441#907
Fallers
  1. 918Bernardo#950#1,868
  2. 692Eston#995#1,687
  3. 692Rolf#995#1,687
  4. 613Orson#995#1,608
  5. 458West#930#1,388

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1914