Sadako
Sadako is a Japanese name, commonly used for women. The same name can be written with a variety of kanji, and the meanings of the name differ accordingly:貞子, "chaste child"; the same characters can also be read as a Korean female given name, Jeong-ja 節子, "child of integrity"
Meaning & Origin of Sadako
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sadako is a Japanese name, commonly used for women. The same name can be written with a variety of kanji, and the meanings of the name differ accordingly:貞子, "chaste child"; the same characters can also be read as a Korean female given name, Jeong-ja 節子, "child of integrity"
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The Story of Sadako
Sadako first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1913, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 25 Sadakos were born — ranking #1,723 that year. As of 2026, Sadako ranks #4,349 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 349 Sadakos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Sadako
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Fujiwara no Teishi ( 藤原 定子 ; 977–1001) , empress consort of the Japanese Emperor Ichijō .
- Princess Sadako Kujō ( 九条 節子 ) , later Empress Teimei (貞明皇后) of Japan (1884–1951), wife of Emperor Taishō
- Sadako Kurihara ( 栗原 貞子 ; 1913–2005) , Japanese poet
- Sadako Moriguchi ( 森口 貞子 ; 1907–2002) , American businesswoman
- Sadako Ogata ( 緒方 貞子 ; 1927–2019) , Japanese scholar and United Nations administrator
- Sadako Pointer (born 1984), American singer
- Sadako Sasaki ( 佐々木 禎子 ; 1943–1955) , a childhood Hiroshima atomic bomb victim, who made origami cranes based on a legend about their healing properties, making them an international symbol for peace.
- Sadako Sawamura ( 沢村 貞子 ; 1908–1996) , Japanese actress
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Names that sound like Sadako
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About the name Sadako
Sadako is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 349 births in the dataset. Sadako's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #1,723. Use the chart and map above to compare Sadako's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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