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 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 149,681since 1880
Sadie over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #50 | 4,168 | — | |
| 2024 | #57 | 3,738 | — | |
| 2023 | #59 | 3,597 | — | |
| 2022 | #68 | 3,302 | — | |
| 2021 | #78 | 3,224 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #78 | 3,204 | — | |
| 2019 | #87 | 3,164 | — | |
| 2018 | #87 | 3,267 | — | |
| 2017 | #71 | 3,724 | — | |
| 2016 | #60 | 4,299 | — | |
| 2015 | #52 | 4,763 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #46 | 4,871 | — | |
| 2013 | #49 | 4,663 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #120 | 2,595 | — | |
| 2011 | #123 | 2,598 | — | |
| 2010 | #118 | 2,638 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #111 | 2,975 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #109 | 3,163 | — | |
| 2007 | #107 | 3,178 | — | |
| 2006 | #157 | 2,233 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #174 | 1,954 | — | |
| 2004 | #194 | 1,753 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #189 | 1,707 | — | |
| 2002 | #212 | 1,566 | — | |
| 2001 | #215 | 1,483 | — | |
| 2000 | #242 | 1,316 | — | |
| 1999 | #286 | 1,089 | — | |
| 1998 | #277 | 1,123 | — | |
| 1997 | #274 | 1,069 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #273 | 1,058 | — | |
| 1995 | #286 | 972 | — | |
| 1994 | #319 | 853 | — | |
| 1993 | #374 | 683 | — | |
| 1992 | #415 | 610 | — | |
| 1991 | #437 | 582 | — | |
| 1990 | #455 | 541 | — | |
| 1989 | #496 | 475 | — | |
| 1988 | #539 | 404 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #525 | 389 | — | |
| 1986 | #585 | 330 | — | |
| 1985 | #626 | 299 | — | |
| 1984 | #749 | 217 | — | |
| 1983 | #751 | 217 | — | |
| 1982 | #647 | 276 | — | |
| 1981 | #636 | 279 | — | |
| 1980 | #657 | 276 | — | |
| 1979 | #643 | 271 | — | |
| 1978 | #634 | 260 | — | |
| 1977 | #669 | 235 | — | |
| 1976 | #677 | 220 | — | |
| 1975 | #736 | 198 | — | |
| 1974 | #871 | 149 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,066 | 108 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,090 | 104 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,021 | 121 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,259 | 88 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,250 | 80 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,196 | 82 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,020 | 102 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,102 | 91 | — | |
| 1965 | #989 | 110 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,051 | 106 | — | |
| 1963 | #903 | 135 | — | |
| 1962 | #960 | 122 | — | |
| 1961 | #869 | 150 | — | |
| 1960 | #832 | 153 | — | |
| 1959 | #854 | 143 | — | |
| 1958 | #740 | 180 | — | |
| 1957 | #672 | 214 | — | |
| 1956 | #623 | 237 | — | |
| 1955 | #611 | 231 | — | |
| 1954 | #557 | 253 | — | |
| 1953 | #529 | 264 | — | |
| 1952 | #489 | 299 | — | |
| 1951 | #477 | 302 | — | |
| 1950 | #458 | 314 | — | |
| 1949 | #418 | 352 | — | |
| 1948 | #440 | 324 | — | |
| 1947 | #412 | 383 | — | |
| 1946 | #388 | 382 | — | |
| 1945 | #339 | 400 | — | |
| 1944 | #339 | 413 | — | |
| 1943 | #343 | 433 | — | |
| 1942 | #323 | 457 | — | |
| 1941 | #290 | 499 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #271 | 525 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #280 | 495 | — | |
| 1938 | #276 | 529 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #271 | 531 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #259 | 555 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #250 | 626 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #243 | 651 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #231 | 683 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #233 | 679 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #227 | 728 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #214 | 821 | — | |
| 1929 | #215 | 828 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #210 | 895 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #207 | 947 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #194 | 1,028 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #194 | 1,051 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #193 | 1,120 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #185 | 1,180 | — | |
| 1922 | #177 | 1,263 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #176 | 1,249 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #174 | 1,285 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #157 | 1,412 | — | |
| 1918 | #155 | 1,453 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #151 | 1,404 | — | |
| 1916 | #133 | 1,529 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #133 | 1,458 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #124 | 1,296 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #115 | 1,112 | — | |
| 1912 | #114 | 1,032 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #113 | 806 | — | |
| 1910 | #100 | 886 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #103 | 749 | — | |
| 1908 | #96 | 770 | — | |
| 1907 | #95 | 771 | — | |
| 1906 | #92 | 748 | — | |
| 1905 | #91 | 750 | — | |
| 1904 | #92 | 703 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #89 | 683 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #89 | 716 | — | |
| 1901 | #85 | 676 | — | |
| 1900 | #84 | 895 | — | |
| 1899 | #82 | 705 | — | |
| 1898 | #77 | 808 | — | |
| 1897 | #76 | 757 | — | |
| 1896 | #72 | 827 | — | |
| 1895 | #72 | 829 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #73 | 745 | — | |
| 1893 | #72 | 706 | — | |
| 1892 | #71 | 724 | — | |
| 1891 | #72 | 617 | — | |
| 1890 | #69 | 680 | — | |
| 1889 | #67 | 664 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #68 | 691 | — | |
| 1887 | #70 | 519 | — | |
| 1886 | #68 | 562 | — | |
| 1885 | #69 | 514 | — | |
| 1884 | #71 | 466 | — | |
| 1883 | #68 | 425 | — | |
| 1882 | #72 | 391 | — | |
| 1881 | #69 | 366 | — | |
| 1880 | #74 | 317 | — | |
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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,915 | #67 (1889) | #70 |
| 1890s | 7,398 | #69 (1890) | #74 |
| 1900s | 7,461 | #84 (1900) | #92 |
| 1910s | 12,388 | #100 (1910) | #130 |
| 1920s | 10,846 | #174 (1920) | #193 |
| 1930s | 6,298 | #214 (1930) | #248 |
| 1940s | 4,168 | #271 (1940) | #356 |
| 1950s | 2,437 | #458 (1950) | #601 |
| 1960s | 1,131 | #832 (1960) | #1,017 |
| 1970s | 1,754 | #634 (1978) | #867 |
| 1980s | 3,162 | #496 (1989) | #621 |
| 1990s | 8,580 | #273 (1996) | #340 |
| 2000s | 21,328 | #107 (2007) | #171 |
| 2010s | 36,582 | #46 (2014) | #81 |
| 2020s | 21,233 | #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 1986
girls
#585
330 births · 1 in 5,199 girls
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 5,199 of them was named Sadie, which outranked 95.4% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
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Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.