Sade — #2152 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sade

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,887 babies named Sade between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sade currently holds the #2152 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 1,245 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sade performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 3,472 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sade shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,491 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Sade in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sade 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 9,887 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.