Sadaf

Popularity Trends

The name Sadaf is the #7,126 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 613 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 7.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,103 (10.7% percentile) for all time with 613 births since 1976.

Sadaf first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for girls in 1976).

For girls, Sadaf reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #807) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sadaf ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 62.6% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sadaf".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

613

Peak Births

Peak Year

1989

First Recorded

1976

Peak Percentile

2.2%

Current Percentile

0.8%

Peak Rank

#807

Current Rank

#939

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Sadaf", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Sadaf.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Sadaf's popularity from 1973 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Sadaf at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Sadaf range from Sahar at 93.5% correlation to Amberlee at 91.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 92.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Zachariah with 30.2K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Rahmel with 716 births (100% boys).

Sadaf's share of births peaked at 11.9 births per million for girls in 1989. It reached its lowest point of 3.1 births per million (26% of peak) in 2013. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Sadaf had 7.4 births per million, 63% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Sahar

2,385

93.55% (very strong)

Kacey

14.4k

93.48% (very strong)

Kaci

9,978

92.77% (very strong)

Kaycee

8,740

92.40% (very strong)

Kayci

1,623

92.37% (very strong)

Rahmel

716

92.23% (very strong)

Saba

1,618

92.15% (very strong)

Zachariah

30.2k

91.77% (very strong)

Nima

1,370

91.54% (very strong)

Omid

771

91.54% (very strong)

Desire

5,271

91.37% (very strong)

Amberlee

2,051

91.07% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Sadaf

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Sadaf. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 27.0% confident that Sadaf is pronounced as suh-DAF, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-DAHF, at 27.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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27.0%

16.2%

13.5%

8.1%

8.1%

suh-DAF (2 syllables)

27.0% confidence

S AH0 D AE1 F

sah-DAHF (2 syllables)

27.0% confidence

S AA0 D AA1 F

SAH-duhf (2 syllables)

16.2% confidence

S AA1 D AH0 F

suh-DUHF (2 syllables)

13.5% confidence

S AH0 D AH1 F

sah-DAF (2 syllables)

8.1% confidence

S AA0 D AE1 F

SAH-daf (2 syllables)

8.1% confidence

S AA1 D AE0 F

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S AH0 D AE1 F) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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