Sadia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAA-dee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Sadia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “fortunate, happy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Sadia mean?
Arabic
“fortunate, happy”
From the Arabic root of sa'd, good fortune, which also gives the names Saad and Saeed.
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Is Sadia a girl's or a boy's name?
Sadia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sadia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Sadia, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 104 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Sadia in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Sadia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 35 | #1,069 |
| 2010 | 34 | #1,055 |
| 2009 | 46 | #824 |
| 2008 | 51 | #750 |
| 2007 | 46 | #780 |
| 2006 | 66 | #585 |
| 2005 | 72 | #521 |
| 2004 | 89 | #445 |
| 2003 | 89 | #436 |
| 2002 | 102 | #370 |
| 2001 | 98 | #378 |
| 2000 | 92 | #394 |
| 1999 | 75 | #458 |
| 1998 | 104 | #364 |
| 1997 | 95 | #391 |
| 1996 | 91 | #397 |
How popular is Sadia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,264th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Sadia, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had more girls named Sadia than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Sadia in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sadia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,237 |
| 2001 | 55 | #2,696 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,688 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Sadia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Safia, Safiya, Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Zainab, Salma, Halima, Summer, Khadija, Hiba, Safaa
Names related to Sadia
Sadie, Sadiya, Saida, Sada, Sadiyah, Saadia, Sayda, Sadi, Shadia, Saydi
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sadia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sadia, updated 20 October 2026.