| Sadia | Bushra | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Fortunate, blessed with happiness | Good news, glad tidings |
| Origin | arabic | arabic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | sah-DEE-ah | BUSH-rah |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2001 (55) | 2014 (49) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Sadia | Bushra |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 157 | 233 |
| 2010s | 251 | 346 |
| 2000s | 397 | 226 |
| 1990s | 319 | 167 |
| 1980s | 182 | 61 |
| 1970s | 60 | 0 |
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 (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 and Bushra are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Sadia means Fortunate, blessed with happiness (arabic origin), while Bushra means Good news, glad tidings (arabic origin).
In US records, Sadia first appears in 0 and Bushra in 0, so Sadia has the longer recorded history.