girl's name

Zadie

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 4,210

England and Wales

#947

2025 births

Zadie is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 85 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2016, when 174 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 39,005 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1881.

Zadie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,157
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Zadie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 74
1890s 101
1900s 164
1910s 236
1920s 272
1930s 153
1940s 145
1950s 62
1960s 10
1970s 7
1980s 5
1990s 56
2000s 395
2010s 1,157
2020s (to 2025) 778

How popular is Zadie?

In 2025, Zadie was given to 85 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Zadie is used

England & Wales #947 38 in 2025
Scotland #1,023 3 in 2024
Ireland #1,090 3 in 2023
United States #2,192 85 in 2025
Canada #2,244 10 in 2024
France #7,760 5 in 2019

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Zadie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Zadie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Zadie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Zadie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Zadie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Zadie

How popular is the name Zadie?

In 2025, Zadie was given to 85 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Zadie a girl's or a boy's name?

Zadie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Zadie most popular?

Zadie peaked in 2016, when 174 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Zadie a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Zadie currently ranks #947 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.