Sabena — girls' name
88 babies named Sabena in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Sabena was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Sabena in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sabena
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Sabena between 1947 and 2002, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sabena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sabena performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sabena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sabena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 88 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sabena at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sabena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1947
- Peak year (1971)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
88 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 8 births in a single year.
Sabena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 27 births that decade — 31% of Sabena's all-time total
Sabena decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Sabena's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1947–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.