Sabin — #7794 US boys' name
713 babies named Sabin in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Sabin was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Sabin in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sabin
The Social Security Administration has registered 713 babies named Sabin between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sabin currently holds the #7794 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sabin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Sabin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sabin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sabin 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 713 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.
Sabin at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sabin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (1999)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #7794 among boys.
713 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 27 births in a single year.
Sabin popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1999 (Sabin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Sabin accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sabin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 196 births that decade — 27% of Sabin's all-time total
Sabin decade highlights
- Peak decade 196 births
- Runner-up 146 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sabin's strongest decade
196 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Sabin by state
Where Sabin concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 1.4% |
10 of 713 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1917–2024 (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.