Sadie

Popularity

Sadie was among the top 100 names for girls in the late 1800s in the United States, then declined in use in the mid-twentieth century. It increased in popularity beginning in the mid-1980s and is popular across the English-speaking world. It has ranked among the top 200 names for newborn girls in England and Wales and among the top 100 names for girls in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in the 2010s.

Cultural references

Sadie Hawkins, a character in the Li'l Abner comic strip, was the inspiration for Sadie Hawkins Day and Sadie Hawkins dances, where traditional gender roles are flipped and young women ask men out. The concept spread throughout America from 1937 onward. Australian singer John Farnham's debut single, "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" (November 1967), has Sadie as an ageing office cleaner. In Australia it reached No. 1 on the Go-Set National Singles chart in early 1968.

The name may refer to:

Given name

Sadie Bay Adair (1868–1944), American physician

Sadie L. Adams (1872–1945), African-American teacher, suffragist, and clubwoman

Sadie T. M. Alexander (1898–1989), African-American lawyer, activist, and economist, first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in the United States and to practice law in Pennsylvania

Sadie Alexandru (born 1977), American actress and model

Sadie American (1862–1944), Jewish-American activist and social worker

Sadie Barnette (born 1984), American artist

Sadie Benning (born 1973), American video maker, visual artist and musician

Sadie Maubet Bjornsen (born 1989), American cross-country skier

Sadie Calvano (born 1997), American actress

Sadie Coles (born 1963), British art dealer

Sadie Peterson Delaney (1889–1958), American librarian who pioneered bibliotherapy, a therapy that uses reading to heal

Sadie Docherty (born 1956), Scottish politician

Sadie Engelhardt (born 2006), American middle-distance runner

Sadie Farrell (fl. 1869), American criminal, gang leader and river pirate also known as "Sadie the Goat"

Sadie Forman (1929–2014), South African teacher, librarian and anti-apartheid activist

Nickname

Women

Sadie Bonnell (1888–1993), British ambulance driver and winner of the Military Medal

Sarah Louise Delany (1889–1999), American author, educator and civil rights pioneer

Sadie Dupuis (born 1988), American musician

Josephine Earp (1860–1944), common-law wife of American Old West lawman Wyatt Earp

Sadie Irvine (1885–1970), American artist and educator

Sadie Martinot (1861–1923), American actress and singer

Sadie Plant (born 1964), British philosopher, cultural theorist and author

Sarah Frances Price (1849–1903), American botanist and scientific illustrator

Men

Sadie Houck (1856–1919), American Major League Baseball player

Sadie McMahon (1867–1954), American Major League Baseball pitcher

Fictional characters

Sadie, from the Canadian animated series Total Drama

Sadie Adler, a supporting character in the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2

Sadie Alexander, in the American television series That Girl Lay Lay

Sadie Parker Knickerhaus Doyle, in the staged radio production The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Sadie Gray, in the American television series One Life to Live

Sadie Harris, in the American television series Grey's Anatomy

Sadie Hawkins (disambiguation), multiple characters

Sadie Hawthorne, in the Canadian television series Naturally, Sadie

Sadie Jackson, the main character in Joan Lingard's The Kevin and Sadie series of novels

Sadie Kane, a main character in the book series The Kane Chronicles

Sadie King, in the UK television series Emmerdale

Sadie Lloyd, in the UK television series Family Affair

Sadie McKee, the title character of the 1934 film of same name

Sadie Miller, a supporting character on the Cartoon Network show Steven Universe

Sadie Stone, in the UK television series EastEnders