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Sade

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Sade is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 88 births. Its best rank was 213th, in 1986.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
880.01% of girls
Peak year
19861,245 births
Best rank
#213in 1986
Since 1985
9,887people given the name
Babies named Sade, by year of birthgirls
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

9,887 girls have been named Sade in the United States since 1985, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 1,245 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1980s alone account for 35%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Sade
1980s3,472
1990s3,295
2000s1,914
2010s782
2020s424

In 1986, its biggest year

Sade was the 213th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.

Names that rose and fell with Sade

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.