Sade

Sade: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“honor confers a crown”
Origin
Yoruba
Say it
SHAH-day · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Yoruba names ending in -ṣadé, especially Folasade, meaning 'honor bestows a crown'. Sade is also known through the British-Nigerian singer Sade Adu.

How popular is Sade?

202428.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Sade in 202494

2024 rank#2,154 girls

Peak year1986

Total US babies since 188010,000

Sade is steady now but far below its 1986 peak.

Sade questions

What does the name Sade mean?

Sade means "honor confers a crown". It comes from Yoruba. From Yoruba names ending in -ṣadé, especially Folasade, meaning 'honor bestows a crown'. Sade is also known through the British-Nigerian singer Sade Adu.

Is Sade a boy or girl name?

Sade is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Sade?

94 US babies were named Sade in 2024. Its peak year was 1986.

How do you pronounce Sade?

Sade is usually pronounced SHAH-day.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.