Sadie

What Sadie means

Diminutive of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”

diminutive of the female given name Sarah || From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).

Source: Wiktionary, “Sadie” (revision 91619885) and “Sarah” (revision 93673625), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Sadie?

US: Steady: #52 in 2015, #50 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #189 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1881, when 366 girls got the name (#69 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 386 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 690 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 259 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (12.33 per 1,000 girls), WV (6.5 per 1,000 girls), SD (6.23 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Sadie is #50 in the US and #134 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Sadie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zadie85 US · 38 E&W
• Sadia33 US · 8 E&W
• Saydie8 US
• Saadia6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Sadie

Girls

• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Presley#225“priest + wood, clearing”^*
• Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”^*
• Genesis#66“creation, beginning, origin”^*
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*

For a brother

• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Jayce#167Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #167 vs #822 in 2025
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*
• Damian#109“to tame”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sadie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.