Recorded 1985–2025 · United States
Sade was most popular in 1986, when 1,259 American babies were given the name — ranking #414 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,530, with 100 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 10,102 people named Sade.
Sade first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1985, which makes it about 40 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 41 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 10,102 American births named Sade between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 9,927 are estimated to be alive today.
100 American babies were named Sade in 2025, ranking #3,530 that year.
Sade is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 94 births a year, against 82 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +15% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Sade is a girl’s name — 98.8% of the 10,102 Americans given it were girls and 1.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 96% girls and 4% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 9,927 Americans named Sade are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 33 years old, and half are between 23 and 38.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org