Girls' name · since 1916
Sabine
Sabine has 3,387 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,328 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,142 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,387
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
3,387 babies have been named Sabine since 1916, making it today's #2142 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Sabine recorded 3,387 times among girls since 1916, holding rank #2142 nationally today, ahead of 88% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #3,328 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,142 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,387 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sabine ranks #3,328 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,142 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,387 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,328 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,142 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,387
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sabine's 3,387 recorded births place it above 95.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sabine compares
3,387 Top 17% higher than 83% 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
Sabine's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sabine | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,387 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 108 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sabine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sabine's full recorded timeline at 1990, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 108 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sabine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 108
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Sabine by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (860 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Sabine's strongest decade.
860 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Sabine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s 44
1950s
44 births
- 1960s 246
1960s
246 births
- 1970s 267
1970s
267 births
- 1980s 241
1980s
241 births
- 1990s
1990s
364 births
- 2000s
2000s
839 births
- 2010s
2010s
860 births
- 2020s
2020s
516 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 860 births (25% of all-time use).
How Sabine 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 Sabine's total volume
Sabine by state
Where Sabine concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 511 | 15.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 491 | 14.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 202 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 125 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 59 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Washington | | 48 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 27 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 23 | 0.7% |
511 of 3,387 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Sabine appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sabine's data
- Sabine's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (860 total births) through the 2020s (516) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sabines (511 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 Sabine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Sabine 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.