Sadiq

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Sadiq Umar

Nigerian association football player

Choose Sadiq and your child shares a first name with Sadiq Umar, a Nigerian association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Sadiq, like who?” Sadiq Umar's Wikipedia article is available in 35 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 95,238 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Sadiq, 18 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Sadiq would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistorySadiq first shows up in US birth records in 1981, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 44 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1998, when it reached #3,390.
• 🚀TrendSadiq has climbed 1,412 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #5,208. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 💬MeaningIn Arabic, Sadiq means “truthful”. Our records link it to Arabic and Swahili roots.
• 🌍OriginSadiq is the #7 most popular Swahili boy name in the US. That's out of 25 Swahili boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Sadiq

Sadiq is a boy name of Arabic and Swahili origin meaning “truthful”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with S and ending in “-diq”. US birth records list Sadiq for boys from 1981 to 2025, in 42 of those 45 years. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked #3,390 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #5,208, with 18 babies.

Origin:Arabic namesSwahili names