Girls' name · since 1923
Sable
1,702 babies named Sable in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,250 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,696 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,702
- born since 1923
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sable is the #2696 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,702 recorded since 1923.
Sable has 1,702 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2696 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2025.
- #5,250 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,696 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,702 born since 1923
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sable ranks #5,250 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,696 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,702 born since 1923, peaking in the 1980s.
- #5,250 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,696 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,702
- born since 1923
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sable's 1,702 recorded births place it above 92.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Sable compares
1,702 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Sable's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sable | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,702 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 181 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sable's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sable splits its recorded history at 2001: 32% of all births land in the more recent half, 68% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 181 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sable popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (1986)
- 181
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Sable popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 2023 (Sable as boys' name)
Sable by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (560 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Sable's strongest decade.
560 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Sable births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
560 births
- 1990s
1990s
503 births
- 2000s 221
2000s
221 births
- 2010s 175
2010s
175 births
- 2020s 197
2020s
197 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 560 births (33% of all-time use).
How Sable 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 Sable's total volume
Sable by state
Where Sable concentrates geographically, total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 127 | 7.5% |
| #2 | California | | 82 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 47 | 2.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 46 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 39 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 31 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 24 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 21 | 1.2% |
127 of 1,702 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Sable appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sable's data
- Sable's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (560 total births) through the 2020s (197) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Sables (127 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Sable: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1923–2025 (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 Sable 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.