Sabina
Sabina was given to 68 girls in 2025, #2,579 among girls’ names; 8,082 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,770 Americans named Sabina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 28 years old and half are between 17 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sabina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sabina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sabina is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “a Sabine” (Sabīnus).
Also “a male given name from Latin.”
Name of early saints, Latin Sabīna, feminine of the Roman cognomen Sabīnus (“a Sabine”), from an ancient tribe from Italy.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sabina?
#2,579 among girls’ names, 2025
Sabina fell from #2,074 in 2015 to #2,579 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 53.2 to 42.3 per million.
140 babies in 2005, the peak
Sabina peaked in 2005, when 140 girls were given it, #1,499 among girls’ names. The 68 births of 2025 are 49% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,579 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,526 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,998 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 80 | #2,341 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,481 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 76 | #2,336 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,501 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 105 | #1,910 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 94 | #2,084 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 107 | #1,896 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 95 | #2,074 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,980 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 89 | #2,134 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 98 | #1,998 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 113 | #1,803 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,936 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,657 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 136 | #1,656 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 139 | #1,612 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 134 | #1,607 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 140 | #1,499 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 124 | #1,590 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 120 | #1,610 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 127 | #1,496 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 126 | #1,496 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 108 | #1,641 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 88 | #1,821 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,685 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 119 | #1,409 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,698 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 82 | #1,770 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,526 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,792 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,867 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,790 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 71 | #1,946 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 96 | #1,500 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 56 | #2,081 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,606 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 48 | #2,186 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,070 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 43 | #2,289 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,125 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 52 | #2,018 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,841 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,828 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 51 | #2,013 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,724 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 63 | #1,677 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,598 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 59 | #1,651 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 42 | #2,025 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,618 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,536 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,929 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 75 | #1,404 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,349 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 84 | #1,186 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 88 | #1,130 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 53 | #1,544 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 57 | #1,480 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 65 | #1,402 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 74 | #1,289 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,488 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,622 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,650 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,510 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,652 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,452 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,630 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 29 | #2,015 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,694 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,111 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,564 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,101 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,043 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,834 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,941 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,761 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,575 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 19 | #2,013 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,653 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,344 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,380 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,513 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,374 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,273 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,631 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,511 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,652 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,240 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,105 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,274 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 64 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 50 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 74 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 76 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 83 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 75 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 90 | #770 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 80 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 105 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 91 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 96 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 79 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 58 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 48 | #765 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 47 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 38 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 15 | #1,200 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 20 | #930 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 20 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 25 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 16 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 15 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,068 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 14 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,642 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 20 | #855 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 19 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 15 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 14 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 15 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 21 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 18 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 10 | #1,010 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 16 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 18 | #641 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 11 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 19 | #596 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 11 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 13 | #656 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 11 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 10 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 8 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 6 | #911 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,011 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 5 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 6 | #822 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Sabina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sabina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Sabina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sabina, and how old are they?
5,770 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 8,082 Americans ever recorded as Sabina. The median Sabina alive today is 28 years old; half are between 17 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 11,932 people named Sabina (11,905 women and girls, 27 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,546 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 154 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 603 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 918 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,090 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,890 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,120 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sabina born?
The states with the most babies named Sabina are California, Texas and Florida, with 84% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 11 | #1,923 | 1.4× |
| Texas | 8 | #2,589 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,846 | 0.5× |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #987 | 0.7× |
Where Sabina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sabina is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sabina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 11,557 babies since 1880, Sabina is the most given (70% of them). In 2025 it was given to 68 of their 155 babies (44%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sabina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sabina and names like it
- Compare Sabina and SabineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sSabina peaked in 2005.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sabina since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Sabina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Sabina.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Sabina alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with SMost given first.