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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2014 at #46 (4,871 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 43 yrs · run 1880–1908
- Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1880–1963
- 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
- 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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 4,408 of them was named Sadie, which outranked 96.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 382,857 of them was named Sadie, which outranked 14.4% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,225 names at #7,270; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.