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