Sadiq
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Sadiq is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friend”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Sadiq mean?
Arabic
“friend”
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sadiq a girl's or a boy's name?
Sadiq is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sadiq in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Sadiq, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Sadiq than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Sadiq in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Sadiq in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Sadiq in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Sadiq, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Sadiq in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sadiq in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Sadiq
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Saif, Musa, Umar, Zayd, Mustafa, Fahad, Zayaan, Zayan
Names related to Sadiq
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Sadiq: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sadiq, updated 20 October 2026.