Given name & surname
Sada
“the pure one”
Sada is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “the pure one.”
Original Japanese佐田
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “the pure one.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,308
- 0 boys · 1,308 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,259 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,259 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 81 in 1986. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,041 as a first name in 2020; 1,170 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sada’s family of names
Sada has a related form in Sadako. Sada has a related form in Sadaa. Sada has a related form in Sadah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sada
- Sada WilliamsBarbadian sprinterborn 1997
- Sada JacobsonAmerican fencerborn 1983
- Sada NahimanaBurundian tennis playerborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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