Sadie

Meaning: Lady; princess
Origin: Variant of Sarah (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #50 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Sadie was #67 in 1889, slipped to #1262 by 1970, climbed back to #46 by 2014, and currently stands at #50. Roughly 150,000 girls have been named Sadie since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

US births of Sadie rose from 2,595 in 2012 to 4,663 in 2013, as Duck Dynasty, featuring Sadie Robertson, broke A&E’s ratings records.

Across the states

See where Sadie is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Sadie is especially popular in Ireland.

#5 in Ireland (2025) · #12 in N. Ireland (2025) · #19 in New Zealand (2025) · #26 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #33 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #49 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #59 in Scotland (2025) · #135 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,819 in Ecuador (2025) · #70 in Canada (2024).

Famous Sadies

Sadie Sink — American actress (born 2002)
Sadie Frost — English actress and producer
Sadie Plant — British writer (born 1964)
Sadie Stanley — American actress and singer
Sadie Maubet Bjornsen — American cross-country skier

In stories & tradition

Sadie Harris — Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Sadie King — Emmerdale (TV series)
Sadie Gray — One Life to Live (TV series)

What Sadies become

Among 149 notable people named Sadie:

Entertainers appear 2.21× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sadie Sink, American actress (born 2002).

Similar names: Sarah · Naomi · Sage · Kennedy · Josie · Leah

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