How rare is the name Sade?

8,033 people in the United States have the first name Sade, about 1 in 37,599. It ranks #2,864 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SADE

#2,864

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,033
About
1 in 37,599
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 8,033 people named Sade, 76.5% reported their origin as Black, 11.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.2% as two or more races. 98.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sade peaked in 1986, when 1,259 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19852025
Peak year
1986
Births that year
1,259
In 2025*
100 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,102 babies have been given the name since 1985. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sade by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,028. The largest share of babies named Sade, 61.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1980s#1,0283,528
1990s#1,2343,310
2000s#2,1041,925
2010s#4,119794
2020s#3,779545
Millennials 1981–9661.1%
Generation Z 1997–1228.6%
2013 and later10.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sade is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sade has been most common in District of Columbia (5.2×), Maryland (3.8×), and New York (2.3×), and least common in Missouri (0.24×).

8,414 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sade

#2,862 Lisbeth · 8,040#2,863 Loan · 8,034#2,865 Merry · 8,030#2,865 Myah · 8,030

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sade, most common first.

#691 Sadie · 75,243#12,090 Sada · 1,041#12,860 Sadi · 953#15,635 Sadee · 733#16,155 Sady · 703#16,455 Sayde · 685#21,087 Sadye · 485#25,961 Saide · 362

Also a last name

As a last name, Sade ranks #44,751 of 156,621, with 516 people. See Sade as a last name

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