| Kalila | Sadia | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Beloved, sweetheart | Fortunate, blessed with happiness |
| Origin | arabic | arabic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | kah-LEE-lah | sah-DEE-ah |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2019 (67) | 2001 (55) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Kalila | Sadia |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 280 | 157 |
| 2010s | 420 | 251 |
| 2000s | 210 | 397 |
| 1990s | 151 | 319 |
| 1980s | 85 | 182 |
| 1970s | 22 | 60 |
An Arabic feminine name linked to the root kh-l-l behind khalil 'close friend, companion, beloved'. Sources give both 'beloved/sweetheart' and 'dear friend'; the 'friend' sense is the more literal core, so treat 'beloved' as the affectionate extension.
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.
Kalila and Sadia are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Kalila means Beloved, sweetheart (arabic origin), while Sadia means Fortunate, blessed with happiness (arabic origin).
In US records, Kalila first appears in 0 and Sadia in 0, so Kalila has the longer recorded history.