Sade
Girl · shah-DAY · Yoruba
Sade is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “honour confers a crown”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,051st for girls in the US (92 babies).
What does Sade mean?
Yoruba: short form of Folasade
“honour confers a crown”
The singer Sade, born Helen Folasade Adu, made this short form of Folasade widely known.
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Is Sade a girl's or a boy's name?
Sade is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 92 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Sade in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Sade, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 47 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sade in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Sade in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,335 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 42 | #720 |
| 2002 | 45 | #661 |
| 2001 | 37 | #737 |
| 2000 | 30 | #832 |
| 1999 | 44 | #640 |
| 1998 | 42 | #657 |
| 1997 | 47 | #618 |
| 1996 | 33 | #755 |
How popular is Sade in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the US were named Sade, making it the 2,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,394th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 1,245 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985. 8 boys were also named Sade in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Sade than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Sade in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sade in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #2,051 |
| 2024 | 88 | #2,150 |
| 2023 | 85 | #2,210 |
| 2022 | 87 | #2,174 |
| 2021 | 91 | #2,085 |
| 2020 | 73 | #2,394 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,593 |
| 2018 | 76 | #2,387 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,590 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,613 |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,344 |
| 2012 | 86 | #2,189 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2010 | 113 | #1,809 |
| 2009 | 128 | #1,719 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,685 |
| 2007 | 146 | #1,556 |
| 2006 | 158 | #1,428 |
| 2005 | 185 | #1,227 |
| 2004 | 213 | #1,078 |
| 2003 | 206 | #1,074 |
| 2002 | 245 | #909 |
| 2001 | 300 | #788 |
| 2000 | 201 | #1,040 |
| 1999 | 186 | #1,075 |
| 1998 | 233 | #904 |
| 1997 | 239 | #855 |
| 1996 | 283 | #745 |
| 1995 | 374 | #601 |
| 1994 | 374 | #601 |
| 1993 | 536 | #474 |
| 1992 | 342 | #652 |
| 1991 | 321 | #671 |
| 1990 | 407 | #569 |
| 1989 | 593 | #417 |
| 1988 | 616 | #390 |
| 1987 | 627 | #372 |
| 1986 | 1,245 | #213 |
| 1985 | 393 | #513 |
Names like Sade
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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