NameTides

Sadie

Sadie was the #50 girls' name in the US in 2025 (4,168 babies), and #134 in England & Wales and #64 in Canada.

Sadie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Sadie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Sadie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#50 (4,168)#134 (367)#59 (69)#11 (77)#5 (258)#64 (360)#49 (129)#33 (159)
2024#57 (3,738)#132 (374)#87 (49)#42 (42)#9 (216)#70 (347)#69 (103)#45 (130)
2023#59 (3,597)#129 (387)#88 (48)#22 (63)#16 (200)#73 (323)#63 (109)#31 (141)
2022#68 (3,302)#145 (339)#99 (44)#40 (48)#20 (201)#81 (292)#63 (110)#53 (117)
2021#78 (3,224)#154 (338)#100 (44)#66 (33)#18 (219)#81 (321)#76 (96)#48 (131)
2020#78 (3,204)#152 (334)#127 (36)#51 (42)#21 (205)#77 (330)#74 (101)#50 (125)
2019#87 (3,164)#142 (351)#92 (47)#56 (40)#25 (202)#74 (340)#78 (90)#51 (119)
2018#87 (3,267)#150 (346)#91 (48)#63 (36)#19 (230)#77 (332)—#49 (97)
2017#71 (3,724)#160 (346)#85 (52)#88 (26)#22 (224)#71 (374)—#78 (71)
2016#60 (4,299)#173 (319)#117 (41)#79 (32)#31 (190)#62 (422)—#72 (74)
2015#52 (4,763)#189 (292)#99 (47)#110 (22)#32 (198)#49 (503)—#64 (72)
2014#46 (4,871)#183 (289)#182 (25)#134 (18)#39 (157)#42 (548)—#64 (77)
2013#49 (4,663)#148 (353)#136 (35)#141 (14)#77 (84)#40 (526)——
2012#120 (2,595)#172 (300)#129 (35)#229 (8)#139 (42)#89 (319)——
2011#123 (2,598)#159 (328)#162 (28)#311 (5)#137 (44)#87 (318)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #69.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 390 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 390common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 690common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 260common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 95very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 82very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 420common

Next year

On its recent trend, Sadie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 370 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 350 to 1 in 390.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sadie by state, 2025Alaska: #50AKMaine: #57MEWisconsin: #51WIVermont: #65VTNew Hampshire: #43NHWashington: #61WAIdaho: #24IDMontana: #105MTNorth Dakota: #141NDMinnesota: #42MNIllinois: #71ILMichigan: #45MINew York: #68NYMassachusetts: #65MAOregon: #51ORNevada: #108NVWyoming: #16WYSouth Dakota: #28SDIowa: #41IAIndiana: #56INOhio: #43OHPennsylvania: #28PANew Jersey: #69NJConnecticut: #84CTRhode Island: #103RICalifornia: #96CAUtah: #47UTColorado: #65CONebraska: #53NEMissouri: #33MOKentucky: #28KYWest Virginia: #27WVVirginia: #45VAMaryland: #44MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #92AZNew Mexico: #143NMKansas: #26KSArkansas: #70ARTennessee: #16TNNorth Carolina: #31NCSouth Carolina: #28SCDistrict of Columbia: #93DCOklahoma: #29OKLouisiana: #58LAMississippi: #15MSAlabama: #24ALGeorgia: #45GAHawaii: #54HITexas: #79TXFlorida: #77FL
Sadie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#67135
Quebec2025#5009

Sadie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SadieCanadaGirls#64360
SadieEngland & WalesGirls#134367
SadieIrelandGirls#5258
SadieNorthern IrelandGirls#1177
SadieNSWGirls#49129
SadieScotlandGirls#5969
SadieUSGirls#504,168
SadieUSBoys—too few
SadieVICGirls#33159