Sadie

femaleBiblical Hebrew, diminutive form

A diminutive form of the name Sarah.

Origin: Biblical Hebrew, diminutive form

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #5 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. See regions.

Sadie: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #5, reached in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
105times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#5highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for
3names it appears alongside

SAY-dee/ˈseɪ.di/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

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Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (6) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

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Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Biblical Hebrew, diminutive form
Meaning: A diminutive form of the name Sarah.
Pronunciation: SAY-dee
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Biblical Hebrew, diminutive form

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#187
1997	#215
1998	#265
1999	#262
2000	#211
2001	#196
2002	#175
2003	#144
2004	#161
2005	#173
2006	#203
2007	#187
2008	#188
2009	#179
2010	#179
2011	#159
2012	#172
2013	#148
2014	#183
2015	#189
2016	#173
2017	#160
2018	#150
2019	#142
2020	#152
2021	#154
2022	#145
2023	#129
2024	#132
2025	#134

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2025: #5 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #49 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #134 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #134 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Sadie appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,895 births with the name.

Sadie across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sadie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#5 (2025)	#5 (2025)	39 of 62	2,895 (1964–2025)	258 (2025)
England and Wales · Girls	#187 (1996)	#129 (2023)	#134 (2025)	30 of 30	8,818 (1996–2025)	387 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#318 (2005)	#22 (2023)	#42 (2024)	19 of 20	451 (2005–2024)	63 (2023)
New Zealand · Girls	#86 (2014)	#28 (2023)	#28 (2023)	9 of 10	605 (2014–2023)	93 (2023)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#78 (2019)	#49 (2025)	#49 (2025)	7 of 7	738 (2019–2025)	129 (2025)

Sadie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sadie in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	11	3 of 10	4
1970s	14	4 of 10	4
1980s	12	3 of 10	4
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	142	10 of 10	14
2010s	1,407	10 of 10	141
2020sbusiest	1,299	6 of 10	217

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 217 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2013 and 2014, when recorded births rose by 73, from 84 to 157.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Sadie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #5, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 13 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 387 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Sadie was ranked #5 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sadhbh · #32, 50y
Sadia · #225, 53y
Sadie-Mae · #885, 11y
Sadie-Rose · #883, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jake · #7, 41y
Callum · #8, 38y
Georgia · #2, 37y
Lachlan · #2, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Florence · #5, 61y
Luke · #5, 62y
Aaron · #6, 61y
Amy · #4, 60y

Comparisons involving Sadie

Existing comparison pages where Sadie and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Sadie in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Lily vs Sadie
Both reached their highest recorded position in Republic of Ireland · Girls within 2 years — Lily #1 in 2025, Sadie #5 in 2025.
Lily · Sadie · 29 shared years, 1981–2025 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Amelia vs Sadie
In 2025, Sadie moved ahead of Amelia in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #8 and #9 the year before became #12 and #5.
Amelia · Sadie · 36 shared years, 1964–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Sadie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sadie without appearing here.

Sadie moved ahead of

Janice
In 2008 they stood at #498 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #193 and #742.
Kim
In 2007 they stood at #267 and #251 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #194 and #665.
Cheryl
In 2003 they stood at #498 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #287 and #677.
Gail
In 2003 they stood at #516 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #287 and #677.

Moved ahead of Sadie

Maisie
In 2007 they stood at #332 and #384 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #277 and #171.
Harper
In 2013 they stood at #148 and #160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #183 and #89.
Maya
In 1997 they stood at #215 and #229 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #265 and #173.
Ivy
In 2011 they stood at #159 and #168 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #172 and #88.

Moved the opposite way to Sadie

Alison
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sadie went from #372 to #5 while Alison went from #146 to #213.
Amanda
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sadie went from #372 to #5 while Amanda went from #118 to #608.
Angela
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sadie went from #372 to #5 while Angela went from #24 to #608.
Ann
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sadie went from #372 to #5 while Ann went from #4 to #443.

Moved the same way as Sadie

Emma
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sadie went from #372 to #5 and Emma from #245 to #28.
Eva
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sadie went from #372 to #5 and Eva from #257 to #69.
Hannah
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sadie went from #372 to #5 and Hannah from #91 to #21.
Hazel
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sadie went from #372 to #5 and Hazel from #154 to #55.

Meaning & Origin

A diminutive form of the name Sarah.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Biblical Hebrew, diminutive form

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Sadie is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Sadie, between 1964 and 2025, in 42 of those 62 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	39	#5 in 2025
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#129 in 2023
Northern Ireland	2005–2024	19	#22 in 2023
New Zealand	2014–2023	9	#28 in 2023
New South Wales, Australia	2019–2025	7	#49 in 2025
Scotland	2024	1	#87 in 2024

No registrar recorded it for 7 years after 1985; it appears again in 1993.

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

SAY-dee/ˈseɪ.di/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Sadie Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Sadie in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Sadie

Sadie at a glance

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sadie across 5 official records

Sadie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sadie appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Sadie

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Sadie

Longest shared records

Sadie and the names beside it

Sadie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sadie

Moved the opposite way to Sadie

Moved the same way as Sadie

Meaning & Origin

Where Sadie is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Sadie Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Sadie at a glance

Sadie across 5 official records

Sadie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sadie appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Sadie

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Sadie

Longest shared records

Sadie and the names beside it

Sadie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sadie

Moved the opposite way to Sadie

Moved the same way as Sadie