| Habiba | Sadia | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Beloved | Fortunate, blessed with happiness |
| Origin | arabic | arabic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | hah-BEE-bah | sah-DEE-ah |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2014 (46) | 2001 (55) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Habiba | Sadia |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 165 | 157 |
| 2010s | 343 | 251 |
| 2000s | 204 | 397 |
| 1990s | 49 | 319 |
| 1980s | 15 | 182 |
| 1970s | 15 | 60 |
The feminine of Habib, Arabic habiba (حبيبة) 'beloved, sweetheart', from the root h-b-b 'to love'.
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.
Habiba and Sadia are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Habiba means Beloved (arabic origin), while Sadia means Fortunate, blessed with happiness (arabic origin).
In US records, Habiba first appears in 0 and Sadia in 0, so Habiba has the longer recorded history.