Girls' name · since 1968
Sabah
529 babies named Sabah in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,439 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,160 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 529
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sabah currently ranks #12160 among girls' names in America, with 529 babies recorded since 1968.
Sabah has 529 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12160 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #11,439 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,160 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 529 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sabah ranks #11,439 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,160 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 529 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,439 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,160 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 529
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sabah's 529 recorded births place it above 84.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sabah compares
529 Top 44% higher than 56% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sabah's all-time total is 41% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sabah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 529 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sabah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sabah splits its recorded history at 2002: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sabah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Sabah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (158 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Sabah's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Sabah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
82 births
- 1990s
1990s
158 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s 43
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 158 births (30% of all-time use).
How Sabah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sabah's total volume
Sabah by state
Where Sabah concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 32 | 6.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 27 | 5.1% |
32 of 529 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Sabah's data
- Sabah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 43 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sabahs (32 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sabah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sabah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.