| Eliana | Sadie | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | my God has answered | Princess |
| Origin | hebrew | Hebrew |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | el-ee-AH-nah | SAY-dee |
| Syllables | 4 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1961 | 1880 |
| Peak year | 2025 (8,191) | 2014 (4,871) |
| In 2025 | 8,191 | 4,168 |
| Trend | Near its peak | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Eliana | Sadie |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 33,359 | 21,233 |
| 2010s | 28,233 | 36,582 |
| 2000s | 10,715 | 21,328 |
| 1990s | 2,368 | 8,580 |
| 1980s | 1,208 | 3,162 |
| 1970s | 150 | 1,754 |
| 1960s | 71 | 1,131 |
| 1950s | 0 | 2,437 |
| 1940s | 0 | 4,168 |
| 1930s | 0 | 6,298 |
| 1920s | 0 | 10,846 |
| 1910s | 0 | 12,388 |
| 1900s | 0 | 7,461 |
| 1890s | 0 | 7,398 |
| 1880s | 0 | 4,915 |
Hebrew reading parses it as El 'God' + anah 'he has answered' + a first-person yod, 'my God has answered' (per Kolatch and Alcalay). A wholly separate Latin origin also exists (Aeliana, feminine of the gens name Aelius, ultimately linked to Greek helios 'sun'); the Hebrew sense is the one carried here.
A pet form of Sarah, from the Hebrew, “princess.”
Eliana is more popular than Sadie today: about 8,191 US babies were given the name Eliana in 2025, compared with 4,168 named Sadie.
Eliana means my God has answered (hebrew origin), while Sadie means Princess (Hebrew origin).
In US records, Eliana first appears in 1961 and Sadie in 1880, so Sadie has the longer recorded history.