girls:
9.8k births since 1985
#1612 (72nd percentile)
boys:
107 births since 1985
#4479 (2nd percentile)
overall:
9.9k births since 1985
#2685 (65th percentile)
The name Sade is the #2,685 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,904 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 65.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,612 (71.8% percentile) for all time with 9,797 births since 1985. For boys, it ranks #4,479 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 107 births since 1985.
Sade first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 .
The name Sade has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 90.3% of babies named Sade were girls.
For girls, Sade reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 74.9% percentile (ranked #205) with 675 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 675 births per million (ranked 74.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sade ranks #868 for girls (8.4% percentile) with 48 births per million, which is 7.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sade reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #741) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 8 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sade ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 60.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sade".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Sade. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.6% confident that Sade is pronounced as SHAH-day, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shah-DAY, at 25.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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