Sadat

Boys' name

Master; Sayyid

Sadat has been given to 93 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1976, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Sadat, 2017

1 in 596,000

Sadat over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sadat: meaning, origin, and history

Master; Sayyid

Arabic

What Sadat means

Sadat means “master; Sayyid”, associated with sayyid.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Ultimately from Arabic سَادَات (sādāt), plural of سَيِّد (sayyid, “master; Sayyid”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Sadat (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Sadat is used in English. Its origins include Arabic.

Sadat comes through Arabic سَادَات.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 93 boys were recorded with the name Sadat between 1975 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1976; its best national rank was #3,669 in 1976.

How common is Sadat?

Sadat had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 596,000; 6 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 308,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 413,245 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sadat sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2017 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 413,245 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sadat. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sadats were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sadat was born before 1983 — so the typical Sadat is around 42 today.

Median birth year: 1983; About 42 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 29.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 48.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 93; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 29.0% of all recorded uses (27).

Is Sadat rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1976 (10)
Years since peak: 49; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,669; 1976

Spellings of Sadat

Sadat is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 91.2% against Sadat's 0.01%.

Adam91.2%580,378
Adan4.9%31,478
Saint1.1%7,288
Sarah0.52%3,340
Saad0.39%2,476
Samar0.20%1,278
Sara0.20%1,248
Jadan0.19%1,194

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sadat around the world

Where Sadat ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2017–2024
#5,120
in 2024
South Australia
1979–1979
#486
in 1979

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sadat by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,669; 1976
Peak year: 1976; 10 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 93
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sadat

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sade Sadiel Sadrac Saddam Sadler Sadik Sadiq Sadie Sadao Sadam Sadiki Sadra Sadi Sadamu Sadir Saddiq Sadarius Sadaq Sador Sadio Vedat Sadane Sadeeq Sadman

Sibling names for Sadat

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Chanda Jason Cary Kevin Karie Brandee Tamar Kisha

For a brother

Andrea Jamey Torrey Federico Giuseppe Abdul Tory Aric

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