# Sadiq (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sadiq/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “friend” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 682 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 682 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 180, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq, “friend”).

## What it means

Sadiq is grouped under friend.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,949 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,677 |
| 2013 | 29 | 3,644 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,669 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,694 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,178 |
| 2017 | 30 | 3,658 |
| 2018 | 22 | 4,584 |
| 2019 | 15 | 6,049 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,961 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,295 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,172 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,212 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,853 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,355 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 12 | 1,801 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.