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Sade

girl name
Origin
Yoruba
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

a shortened form used as a given name; famously borne by singer Sade Adu, embraced in Black American families since the 1980s

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Sade has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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Popularity in Brazil

44 people · the #72,674 first name in Brazil · median age 30

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Sade

Most people given the name Sade in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Sade you meet today is most often in her 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Sade

Folasade Sude Ronke Layla Mele Vilde

The Sade deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Sade truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Sade fits with your family’s names and surname.

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