| Husna | Sadia | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Most beautiful | Fortunate, blessed with happiness |
| Origin | arabic | arabic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | HUUS-nuh | sah-DEE-ah |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2023 (61) | 2001 (55) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Husna | Sadia |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 303 | 157 |
| 2010s | 305 | 251 |
| 2000s | 119 | 397 |
| 1990s | 38 | 319 |
| 1980s | 0 | 182 |
| 1970s | 0 | 60 |
From Arabic حسنى (ḥusnā), the feminine/superlative built on husn 'beauty' (root ḥ-s-n). Means 'most beautiful' or 'what is best/most beautiful'.
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.
Husna and Sadia are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Husna means Most beautiful (arabic origin), while Sadia means Fortunate, blessed with happiness (arabic origin).
In US records, Husna first appears in 0 and Sadia in 0, so Husna has the longer recorded history.