Girls' name · since 1882
Sadye
1,532 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.
- #5,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,225 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,532
- born since 1882
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sadye is the #13225 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,532 recorded since 1882.
Sadye has 1,532 recorded births among girls since 1882, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13225 as of the latest data, more common than 24% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2025.
- #5,624 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,225 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,532 born since 1882
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sadye ranks #5,624 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,225 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,532 born since 1882, peaking in the 1910s.
- #5,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,225 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,532
- born since 1882
- 1910s
- peak decade
Sadye's 1,532 recorded births place it above 92.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Sadye compares
1,532 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sadye's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sadye | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,532 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sadye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sadye splits its recorded history at 1928: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1882 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1898 peak of 41 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sadye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (1898)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Sadye by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (315 births, 21% of the file).
1910s was Sadye's strongest decade.
315 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Sadye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 83
1880s
83 births
- 1890s
1890s
304 births
- 1900s
1900s
259 births
- 1910s
1910s
315 births
- 1920s 101
1920s
101 births
- 1930s 39
1930s
39 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
128 births
- 2000s
2000s
167 births
- 2010s 73
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 315 births (21% of all-time use).
How Sadye compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sadye's total volume
Sadye by state
Where Sadye concentrates geographically, total births since 1882
| 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% |
99 of 1,532 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Sadye's data
- Sadye's decade-level peak was the 1910s (315 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Sadyes (99 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sadye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1898)
Similar record span (~143 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1882–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Sadye 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 August 2026.