Recorded 1882–2019 Girls' name Peak 1898 1,526 births

Sadye — girls' name

1,526 babies named Sadye in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1898. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1880s831890s3041900s2591910s3151920s1011930s391940s171950s71980s331990s1282000s1672010s73
1910s
Peak decade

21% of everyone ever named Sadye was born in this single decade.

1898
Single peak year

41 babies were named Sadye in 1898 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sadye

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,526 babies named Sadye between 1882 and 2019, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sadye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1898, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sadye performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 315 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Sadye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 99 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Sadye in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sadye 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 1,526 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.

Sadye at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

1,526

Since 1882

138 years of records

Peak year

1898

41 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1882

Recorded for 138 years

Last year on file: 2019

Sadye popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1882

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1898)
41
Annual births at peak — across 138 years of records
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Sadye by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
315 births that decade — 21% of Sadye's all-time total
1880s831890s3041900s2591910s3151920s1011930s391940s171950s71980s331990s1282000s1672010s73

Sadye by state

Where Sadye concentrates geographically — total births since 1882

Geographically diffuse
Top 7 states by recorded births for the name Sadye
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
99 6.5%
#2 Texas
10 0.7%
#3 Pennsylvania
6 0.4%
#4 California
5 0.3%
#5 Massachusetts
5 0.3%
#6 Mississippi
5 0.3%
#7 New Jersey
5 0.3%
New York share of Sadye's total US births 6.5%
Even split

99 of 1,526 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sadye?
1,526 babies have been named Sadye since 1882. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1898 with 41 births.
When was Sadye most popular?
Sadye was most popular in the 1910s decade with 315 total births. The single peak year was 1898.
Where is Sadye most popular?
The top states for the name Sadye are New York (99 births), Texas (10 births), Pennsylvania (6 births).
How long has the name Sadye been used?
Sadye has been recorded in Social Security data since 1882, spanning 138 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Sadye?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sadie, Sade, Sadia, Sada, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.