| Bushra | Sadia | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Good news, glad tidings | Fortunate, blessed with happiness |
| Origin | arabic | arabic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | BUSH-rah | sah-DEE-ah |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2014 (49) | 2001 (55) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Bushra | Sadia |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 233 | 157 |
| 2010s | 346 | 251 |
| 2000s | 226 | 397 |
| 1990s | 167 | 319 |
| 1980s | 61 | 182 |
| 1970s | 0 | 60 |
Bushra (بشرى, bushra) means 'good news, glad tidings', from the Arabic root b-sh-r. The same root gives the verb 'to bring good news' and appears in the Quran.
Sadia (سعدية, sa'diyya) comes from the Arabic root s-'-d ('happiness, good fortune', as in sa'ada) and means 'fortunate, lucky, blessed with happiness'. Also transliterated Saadia, Sadiya or Saadiya.
Bushra and Sadia are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Bushra means Good news, glad tidings (arabic origin), while Sadia means Fortunate, blessed with happiness (arabic origin).
In US records, Bushra first appears in 0 and Sadia in 0, so Bushra has the longer recorded history.