Sadao

Popularity Trends

The name Sadao is the #7,495 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 244 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,342 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 244 births since 1914.

Sadao first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914). Birth data for Sadao is available in 20 out of the 21 years between 1914 and 1934. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Sadao reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #534) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1934.

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

1914 1934 19141934

Key Statistics

Total Births

244

Peak Births

Peak Year

1926

First Recorded

1914

Peak Percentile

3.1%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#534

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Sadao", 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 Sadao.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Sadao's popularity from 1911 to 1937 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 Sadao 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 Sadao range from Yoshie at 93.3% correlation to Lavergne at 89.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 90.8%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Seymour with 13.1K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Modine with 152 births (100% girls).

Sadao's share of births peaked at 19.2 births per million for boys in 1926. It reached its lowest point of 6.5 births per million (34% of peak) in 1931. In 1934, the most recent period with data, the name Sadao had 6.6 births per million, 34% of its peak popularity.

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

Yoshie

395

93.29% (very strong)

Yukio

427

92.66% (very strong)

Satoru

230

91.31% (very strong)

Fusae

194

90.78% (very strong)

Mitsuko

565

90.77% (very strong)

Toshiko

799

90.57% (very strong)

Modine

152

90.47% (very strong)

Minoru

675

90.43% (very strong)

Isamu

562

90.03% (very strong)

Isao

246

89.93% (very strong)

Seymour

13.1k

89.89% (very strong)

Lavergne

543

89.66% (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 Sadao

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Sadao. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 43.2% confident that Sadao is pronounced as suh-DOW, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-DAH-oh, at 35.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.

43.2%

35.1%

10.8%

5.4%

5.4%

suh-DOW (2 syllables)

Verified

43.2% confidence

S AH0 D AW1

sah-DAH-oh (3 syllables)

35.1% confidence

S AA0 D AA1 OW0

suh-DAH-oh (3 syllables)

10.8% confidence

S AH0 D AA1 OW0

SAH-dow (2 syllables)

5.4% confidence

S AA1 D AW0

suh-DAW (2 syllables)

5.4% confidence

S AH0 D AO1

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 AW1) 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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