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Sade

Meaning: Crowned with wealth
Origin: Yoruba — Short form of Folasade, made known by the singer Sade

Meaning: Rain
Origin: Finnish — Also a name from the word sade

Girl's name · #2058 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Sade reached #213 in 1986 and has faded to #2058 since. About 10,000 girls have carried it since 1985.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#907 in Netherlands (2025) · #5,927 in England & Wales (2025) · #6,691 in France (2025) · #3,383 in Canada (2024) · #3,848 in Ecuador (2024) · #3,543 in Austria (2018) · #284 in New Zealand (1995).

Famous Sades

Sade Adu — British singer (born 1959)
Sade Baderinwa — American journalist and news anchor at WABC-TV (born 1969)
Sade McCreath — Canadian athlete (born 1996)
Sade Elhawary — American politician and community organizer (born 1987)
Sade Fritschi — Minister of the Environment in Ecuador from 2023 (born 1997)

What Sades become

Among 48 notable people named Sade:

Sports figures appear 2.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sade McCreath, Canadian athlete (born 1996).

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