Girls' name · since 1986
Sabella
1,331 babies named Sabella in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,184 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,407 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,331
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sabella currently ranks #4407 among girls' names in America, with 1,331 babies recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sabella has been recorded 1,331 times among girls since 1986, currently ranked #4407 nationally and more common than 75% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #6,184 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,407 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,331 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sabella ranks #6,184 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,407 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,331 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,184 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,407 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,331
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sabella's 1,331 recorded births place it above 91.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sabella compares
1,331 Top 28% higher than 72% 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
Sabella's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sabella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,331 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 83 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sabella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sabella's full recorded timeline at 2009, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 83 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sabella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 83
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Sabella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (703 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Sabella's strongest decade.
703 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Sabella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 34
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 255
2000s
255 births
- 2010s
2010s
703 births
- 2020s
2020s
319 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 703 births (53% of all-time use).
How Sabella 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 Sabella's total volume
Sabella by state
Where Sabella concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 134 | 10.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 107 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 84 | 6.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 46 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 8 | 0.6% |
134 of 1,331 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Sabella appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sabella's data
- Sabella's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (703 total births) through the 2020s (319) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sabellas (134 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 Sabella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Sabella 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.