Sadiq
Masculine · “Truthful”
Ṣādiq is one of the plainest good words in Arabic — truthful, sincere, the one who keeps his word — and it has been a name for as long as it has been an adjective. It carries a heavy weight of respect: al-Ṣādiq, the Truthful, is the epithet of the sixth Shi'i Imam.
How old is the name Sadiq?
Sadiq first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Sadiq alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 700 people named Sadiq are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sadiq most popular?
Sadiq peaked in 1998, reaching #3390 nationally. Today it ranks #5208, 1,818 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ṣādiq to Sadiq
The story of Sadiq
The name long predates any single bearer, but two carry it most visibly. Ja'far al-Ṣādiq, the sixth Imam of Twelver Shi'ism and a jurist whose school of law bears his name, died in 765; the epithet attached to him so firmly that Sadiq is common in Shi'i families for that reason. Muhammad himself was called al-Ṣādiq al-Amīn, the truthful and trustworthy, before his prophethood, which gives the word standing in Sunni use as well. American records show it from the middle of the twentieth century, arriving with Arab and South Asian immigration and, separately, through African American Muslim naming after the 1950s.
Meaning
Truthful, sincere
From Arabic ṣadaqa, to speak the truth. The active participle ṣādiq means one who is truthful or sincere, and the same root gives ṣadīq, friend, and ṣidq, truthfulness. The reading is not disputed in any source.
How the name formed
- ṣādiq
- Sadiq
Related forms: صادق · صادق · Sadık · Sadik · Sadegh
Pronouncing Sadiq
SAA-dick
Two syllables, stress on the first. The Arabic ṣ is emphatic and the q is a deep k made far back in the throat; American English flattens both, giving SAH-dik.
Nicknames for Sadiq
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1981
- Most boys named
- 200730 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3390reached in 1998
- Change vs 2024
- +100.0%18 in 2025, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sadiq in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- صادق in Arabic — transliteration
- صادق in Urdu — same name
- Sadık in Turkish — spelling variant
- Sadik in Bosnian — spelling variant
- Sadegh in Persian — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Minnesota.
Sadiqs among us
people named Sadiq are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 94,893 born in 2025 was named Sadiq
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Sadiq
- #5208
- Sadiq on the 2025 chart
- #902
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Sadiq went to 18 boys in 2025, but Saadiq is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 26, which makes it the 902nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 4,306 places above the chart.
- Sadiq18
- Saadiq8
About 1 boy in 65,695 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 94,893 for Sadiq itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Erlin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sadiq's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Erlin climbed just as high around 1931, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Erlin's path sketches the road Sadiq is walking now.
Sadiq sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Sadiq beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sadiq in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled, unambiguous and admirable in every source.
- It is recognized across the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, South Asia and the Balkans.
- Five letters and two syllables travel easily in English.
- The Arabic emphatic ṣ and the q are both lost in ordinary English speech.
- It will be spelled Sadik, Sadeq and Sadiq by different people.
- It reads as unmistakably Muslim, which some families want and others weigh.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sadiqs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Sadiq are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Sadiq?
- Sadiq is the most-used spelling in US records — 18 of the 26 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Saadiq.
- How popular is the name Sadiq in 2025?
- Sadiq ranks #5208 among US boy names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sadiq?
- About 1 in every 94,893 US boys born in 2025 was named Sadiq — 18 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sadiq with classmates?
- Sadiq will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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