Girls' name · since 1880
Sabra
Sabra has 4,960 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1961 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,960
- born since 1880
- 1960s
- peak decade
4,960 babies have been named Sabra since 1880, making it today's #10932 girls' name.
Sabra has 4,960 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10932 as of the latest data, more common than 37% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,595 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,932 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,960 born since 1880
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sabra ranks #2,595 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,932 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,960 born since 1880, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,960
- born since 1880
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sabra's 4,960 recorded births place it above 96.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Sabra compares
4,960 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Sabra's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sabra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,960 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 155 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sabra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sabra splits its recorded history at 1956: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1961 peak of 155 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sabra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1961)
- 155
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Sabra by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (879 births, 18% of the file).
1960s was Sabra's strongest decade.
879 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Sabra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 49
1880s
49 births
- 1890s 60
1890s
60 births
- 1900s 73
1900s
73 births
- 1910s 136
1910s
136 births
- 1920s 165
1920s
165 births
- 1930s 335
1930s
335 births
- 1940s
1940s
417 births
- 1950s
1950s
514 births
- 1960s
1960s
879 births
- 1970s
1970s
555 births
- 1980s
1980s
648 births
- 1990s
1990s
640 births
- 2000s 299
2000s
299 births
- 2010s 152
2010s
152 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 879 births (18% of all-time use).
How Sabra 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 Sabra's total volume
Sabra by state
Where Sabra concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 388 | 7.8% |
| #2 | California | | 243 | 4.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 99 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 78 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 38 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 33 | 0.7% |
| #7 | New York | | 31 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 31 | 0.6% |
388 of 4,960 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Sabra appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sabra's data
- Sabra's decade-level peak was the 1960s (879 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Sabras (388 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sabra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Sabra 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.