Zadie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-dee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #973 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,173 for girls
Zadie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “princess”. In 2025 it ranked 973rd for girls in the UK (38 babies) and 2,173rd for girls in the US (85 babies).
What does Zadie mean?
Hebrew: variant of Sadie, a pet form of Sarah
“princess”
A variant of Sadie, itself a pet form of Sarah; the novelist Zadie Smith, born Sadie, changed the spelling as a teenager.
Is Zadie a girl's or a boy's name?
Zadie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the UK and 85 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zadie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #973among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were named Zadie, making it the 973rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 762nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 55 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Zadie than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Zadie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales.
Zadie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #973 |
| 2024 | 55 | #735 |
| 2023 | 48 | #813 |
| 2022 | 49 | #792 |
| 2021 | 44 | #876 |
| 2020 | 53 | #762 |
| 2019 | 38 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Zadie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,173among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 85about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were named Zadie, making it the 2,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,432nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 174 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zadie than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Zadie in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were given Zadie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,644, up from #2,173 for this spelling alone.
Zadie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #2,173 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,753 |
| 2023 | 139 | #1,534 |
| 2022 | 156 | #1,437 |
| 2021 | 131 | #1,600 |
| 2020 | 152 | #1,432 |
| 2019 | 112 | #1,816 |
| 2018 | 160 | #1,399 |
| 2017 | 155 | #1,451 |
| 2016 | 174 | #1,358 |
| 2015 | 132 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 94 | #2,071 |
| 2013 | 88 | #2,137 |
| 2012 | 76 | #2,426 |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,190 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 88 | #2,227 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,635 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,550 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,201 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,765 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,636 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,890 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,770 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,556 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,207 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,543 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,511 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,565 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,153 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,303 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,274 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,252 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,113 |
| 1910 | 26 | #845 |
| 1909 | 26 | #791 |
| 1908 | 18 | #939 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 21 | #793 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,011 |
| 1904 | 19 | #837 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 13 | #972 |
| 1901 | 16 | #829 |
| 1900 | 20 | #833 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,037 |
| 1896 | 11 | #999 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,053 |
| 1894 | 11 | #950 |
| 1893 | 14 | #794 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 12 | #791 |
| 1889 | 13 | #724 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 11 | #503 |
Names like Zadie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elsie Sadie Evie Annie Hallie Millie Winnie Emmie Lottie Gracie Olive Josie
Other spellings of Zadie
Names related to Zadie
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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, “Zadie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zadie, updated 20 October 2026.