Sadako — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sadako

The Social Security Administration has registered 349 babies named Sadako between 1913 and 1940, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sadako currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sadako performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 205 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sadako shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 217 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sadako in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sadako in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 349 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.