Girls' name · since 1916
Sady
232 babies named Sady in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 232
- total births
- 1916–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
232 girls have been named Sady since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sady has 232 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2023.
- 232 total births
- 1916–2023 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 43% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
232 girls have been named Sady since 1916, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 232
- total births
- 1916–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Sady was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Sady in 2008 - its busiest year on record.
Sady's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sady splits its recorded history at 2002: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sady at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sady popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2023
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
232 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 16 births in a single year.
Sady by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Sady's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Sady births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
100 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 100 births (43% of all-time use).
Sady decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Sady by state
Where Sady concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 232 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Sady's data
- Sady's decade-level peak was the 2000s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sadys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Sady: Baby Name Since 1916 - 232 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/sady. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sady draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
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