Sadie

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning princess; from Sarah.

Babies a year
3,695
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#50
up from #57
UK popularity
#134
367 babies · down from #132

How Sadie has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#41#69#96201520202025#50

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#52
2016#60
2017#71
2018#87
2019#87
2020#78
2021#78
2022#68
2023#59
2024#57
2025#50

Sadie by the numbers

In 2025, 367 babies in England and Wales were named Sadie. In the US, 3,695 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 4,857 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

At its height, in 1885, about 1 in 280 American girls born that year was called Sadie.

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Sadie as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Other names that come from Sarah

Like Sadie, each of these traces back to Sarah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Sariahprincess; a modern respelling of Sarah370 in the US (2017)
  • Sariyahprincess; a variant of Seraiah or Sarah313 in the US (2017)
  • Sarahiprincess; a form of Sarah248 in the US (2017)
  • Sallyprincess; a diminutive of Sarah242 in the US (2017)
  • Zadieprincess; a form of Sarah or Sadie38 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zarahblooming flower; a form of Sarah or Zara42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sarinaprincess; a form of Sarah131 in the US (2017)
  • Sairaflowering plant or a form of Sarah; princess20 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sadie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sadehonor bestows a crown69 in the US (2017)
  • Sadiafortunate; happy8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Saddieprincess; diminutive of Sarah11 in the US (2017)
  • Sandiedefender of mankind; diminutive of Sandra3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sadee24 in the US (2017)
  • Saydie21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Sadie

Names that are said the same way as Sadie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Saidihappy, fortunate; from root s-a-d6 in the US (2017)
  • Sadi16 in the US (2017)
  • Saydi13 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a prince or princess

Like Sadie, each of these has a prince or princess in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Sarahprincess3,986 in the US (2017)
  • Saraprincess; variant of Sarah427 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Parisson of priam; the trojan prince1,149 in the US (2017)
  • Zarablooming flower or princess625 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amiraprincess; female form of amir396 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Orlagolden princess721 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Sadie

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