Sadako is a girl's name of Portuguese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. It is a rare choice in US records.
Sadako belongs to the Portuguese and Japanese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Sadako first appears in Social Security records in 1913. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1693 in 1919, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 349 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Sadako is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Portuguese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Sadako is a girl name.
Sadako comes from the Portuguese and Japanese tradition.
Sadako first appears in US records in 1913. Its best-ever ranking was #1693 in 1919, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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