Girls' name · since 2007
Sabela
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 51 babies named Sabela, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
51 girls have been named Sabela since 2007, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sabela has 51 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2023.
- #34,874 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sabela ranks #34,874 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sabela's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sabela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sabela's full recorded timeline at 2016, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sabela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2023
- Peak year (2017)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Sabela by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (38 births, 75% of the file).
2010s was Sabela's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Sabela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 38 births (75% of all-time use).
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- Sabela's decade-level peak was the 2010s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Sabela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2007–2023 (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 Sabela 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.