Sadie
Sadie was given to 4,168 girls in 2025, #50 among girls’ names; 149,922 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 98,400 Americans named Sadie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 8 and 23.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sadie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sadie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sadie is “a diminutive of the female given name Sarah. Also a popular formal given name in the 19th century.”
/ˈseɪdi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sadie?
#50 among girls’ names, 2025
Sadie rose from #52 in 2015 to #50 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born fell from 2.7 to 2.6 per 1,000.
4,871 babies in 2014, the peak
Sadie peaked in 2014, when 4,871 girls were given it, #46 among girls’ names. The 4,168 births of 2025 are 86% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,168 | #50 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 3,738 | #57 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 3,597 | #59 | 2.2 |
| 2022 | 3,302 | #68 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 3,224 | #78 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 3,204 | #78 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 3,164 | #87 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 3,267 | #87 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 3,724 | #71 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 4,299 | #60 | 2.4 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4,763 | #52 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 4,871 | #46 | 2.7 |
| 2013 | 4,663 | #49 | 2.7 |
| 2012 | 2,595 | #120 | 1.5 |
| 2011 | 2,598 | #123 | 1.5 |
| 2010 | 2,638 | #118 | 1.5 |
| 2009 | 2,975 | #111 | 1.6 |
| 2008 | 3,163 | #109 | 1.7 |
| 2007 | 3,178 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 2006 | 2,233 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | 1,954 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 1,753 | #194 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 1,707 | #190 | 0.93 |
| 2002 | 1,566 | #212 | 0.87 |
| 2001 | 1,483 | #215 | 0.82 |
| 2000 | 1,316 | #243 | 0.72 |
| 1999 | 1,089 | #286 | 0.61 |
| 1998 | 1,123 | #277 | 0.64 |
| 1997 | 1,069 | #274 | 0.61 |
| 1996 | 1,058 | #273 | 0.60 |
| 1995 | 972 | #286 | 0.55 |
| 1994 | 853 | #319 | 0.48 |
| 1993 | 683 | #374 | 0.38 |
| 1992 | 610 | #416 | 0.33 |
| 1991 | 582 | #438 | 0.31 |
| 1990 | 541 | #454 | 0.28 |
| 1989 | 475 | #496 | 0.26 |
| 1988 | 404 | #540 | 0.23 |
| 1987 | 389 | #526 | 0.22 |
| 1986 | 330 | #585 | 0.19 |
| 1985 | 299 | #627 | 0.17 |
| 1984 | 217 | #749 | 0.13 |
| 1983 | 217 | #752 | 0.13 |
| 1982 | 276 | #649 | 0.16 |
| 1981 | 279 | #637 | 0.17 |
| 1980 | 276 | #657 | 0.17 |
| 1979 | 271 | #643 | 0.17 |
| 1978 | 260 | #635 | 0.17 |
| 1977 | 235 | #669 | 0.15 |
| 1976 | 220 | #677 | 0.15 |
| 1975 | 198 | #736 | 0.14 |
| 1974 | 149 | #874 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 108 | #1,073 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 104 | #1,095 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 121 | #1,025 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 88 | #1,262 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 80 | #1,255 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 82 | #1,207 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 102 | #1,024 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 91 | #1,110 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 110 | #994 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 106 | #1,059 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 135 | #905 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 122 | #966 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 150 | #875 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 153 | #837 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 143 | #858 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 180 | #744 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 214 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 237 | #623 | 0.12 |
| 1955 | 231 | #610 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 253 | #558 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 264 | #528 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 299 | #488 | 0.16 |
| 1951 | 302 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1950 | 314 | #457 | 0.18 |
| 1949 | 352 | #417 | 0.21 |
| 1948 | 324 | #442 | 0.19 |
| 1947 | 383 | #412 | 0.22 |
| 1946 | 382 | #389 | 0.24 |
| 1945 | 400 | #340 | 0.31 |
| 1944 | 413 | #339 | 0.31 |
| 1943 | 433 | #344 | 0.31 |
| 1942 | 457 | #323 | 0.34 |
| 1941 | 499 | #290 | 0.41 |
| 1940 | 525 | #271 | 0.46 |
| 1939 | 495 | #280 | 0.45 |
| 1938 | 529 | #276 | 0.48 |
| 1937 | 531 | #271 | 0.50 |
| 1936 | 555 | #259 | 0.53 |
| 1935 | 626 | #250 | 0.60 |
| 1934 | 651 | #244 | 0.62 |
| 1933 | 683 | #231 | 0.68 |
| 1932 | 679 | #233 | 0.64 |
| 1931 | 728 | #227 | 0.68 |
| 1930 | 821 | #214 | 0.73 |
| 1929 | 828 | #215 | 0.74 |
| 1928 | 895 | #210 | 0.78 |
| 1927 | 947 | #207 | 0.79 |
| 1926 | 1,028 | #194 | 0.87 |
| 1925 | 1,051 | #194 | 0.86 |
| 1924 | 1,120 | #193 | 0.90 |
| 1923 | 1,180 | #185 | 1.0 |
| 1922 | 1,263 | #177 | 1.1 |
| 1921 | 1,249 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1920 | 1,285 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 1919 | 1,412 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1918 | 1,453 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1917 | 1,404 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1916 | 1,529 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1915 | 1,458 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1914 | 1,296 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1913 | 1,112 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1912 | 1,032 | #114 | 1.8 |
| 1911 | 806 | #113 | 1.9 |
| 1910 | 886 | #100 | 2.2 |
| 1909 | 749 | #104 | 2.2 |
| 1908 | 770 | #96 | 2.3 |
| 1907 | 771 | #95 | 2.4 |
| 1906 | 748 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1905 | 750 | #91 | 2.6 |
| 1904 | 703 | #92 | 2.6 |
| 1903 | 683 | #89 | 2.6 |
| 1902 | 716 | #89 | 2.7 |
| 1901 | 676 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1900 | 895 | #84 | 3.0 |
| 1899 | 705 | #82 | 3.0 |
| 1898 | 808 | #77 | 3.1 |
| 1897 | 757 | #76 | 3.2 |
| 1896 | 827 | #72 | 3.5 |
| 1895 | 829 | #72 | 3.5 |
| 1894 | 745 | #73 | 3.3 |
| 1893 | 706 | #72 | 3.3 |
| 1892 | 724 | #71 | 3.4 |
| 1891 | 617 | #72 | 3.3 |
| 1890 | 680 | #69 | 3.6 |
| 1889 | 664 | #67 | 3.7 |
| 1888 | 691 | #69 | 3.9 |
| 1887 | 519 | #70 | 3.6 |
| 1886 | 562 | #68 | 3.9 |
| 1885 | 514 | #69 | 3.9 |
| 1884 | 466 | #71 | 3.6 |
| 1883 | 425 | #69 | 3.8 |
| 1882 | 391 | #72 | 3.6 |
| 1881 | 366 | #69 | 4.0 |
| 1880 | 317 | #74 | 3.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Sadie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sadie has been given almost only to girls: 241 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Sadie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sadie, and how old are they?
98,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 149,922 Americans ever recorded as Sadie. The median Sadie alive today is 13 years old; half are between 8 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 75,243 people named Sadie (75,109 women and girls, 134 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 81,244 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,760 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,390 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,340 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,990 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 32,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 49,700 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sadie born?
The states with the most babies named Sadie are Texas, California and Pennsylvania, with 20% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 314 | #80 | 0.8× |
| California | 307 | #96 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 215 | #29 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 207 | #77 | 0.7× |
| New York | 200 | #68 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 193 | #31 | 1.7× |
| Tennessee | 186 | #16 | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 172 | #43 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 152 | #45 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 129 | #45 | 0.7× |
Where Sadie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sadie is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sadie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 167,566 babies since 1880, Sadie is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 4,168 of their 4,362 babies (96%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sadie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sadie and names like it
- Compare Sadie and SadeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sSadie peaked in 2014.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sadie since 1910.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Sadie.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Sadie alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with SMost given first.