| Sadia | Kalila | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Fortunate, blessed with happiness | Beloved, sweetheart |
| Origin | arabic | arabic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | sah-DEE-ah | kah-LEE-lah |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2001 (55) | 2019 (67) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Sadia | Kalila |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 157 | 280 |
| 2010s | 251 | 420 |
| 2000s | 397 | 210 |
| 1990s | 319 | 151 |
| 1980s | 182 | 85 |
| 1970s | 60 | 22 |
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.
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 and Kalila are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Sadia means Fortunate, blessed with happiness (arabic origin), while Kalila means Beloved, sweetheart (arabic origin).
In US records, Sadia first appears in 0 and Kalila in 0, so Sadia has the longer recorded history.