Sabra
Sabra was given to 8 girls in 2025, #11,735 among girls’ names; 4,960 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,740 Americans named Sabra and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 34 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sabra by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sabra mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sabra is “a female given name.” Its etymology gives the senses “prickly pear cactus” (צַבָּר) and “cactus” (صَبَّار).
Borrowed from Hebrew צַבָּר (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus”), from Arabic صَبَّار (ṣabbār, “cactus”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sabra?
#11,735 among girls’ names, 2025
Sabra rose from #12,793 in 2015 to #11,735 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 4.5 to 5.0 per million.
155 babies in 1961, the peak
Sabra peaked in 1961, when 155 girls were given it, #856 among girls’ names. The 8 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,735 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,964 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 10 | #10,186 | 6.2 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,939 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,800 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,330 | 6.0 |
| 2018 | 7 | #13,551 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,246 | 7.0 |
| 2016 | 6 | #15,885 | 3.4 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,793 | 4.5 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15 | #7,993 | 8.4 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,452 | 14.2 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,856 | 13.1 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,180 | 15.3 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,854 | 10.7 |
| 2009 | 13 | #9,296 | 7.1 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,854 | 16.4 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,112 | 19.8 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,304 | 11.0 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,399 | 13.0 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,259 | 18.0 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,185 | 17.5 |
| 2002 | 32 | #4,050 | 17.8 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,764 | 19.4 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,387 | 22.0 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,725 | 28.8 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,486 | 31.7 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,384 | 32.2 |
| 1996 | 66 | #2,099 | 37.6 |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,331 | 32.4 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,309 | 31.9 |
| 1993 | 65 | #2,105 | 35.9 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,999 | 37.4 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,661 | 48.0 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,915 | 38.5 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,694 | 43.9 |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,528 | 49.4 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,743 | 39.7 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,709 | 40.2 |
| 1985 | 68 | #1,705 | 39.5 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,828 | 35.0 |
| 1983 | 49 | #2,065 | 29.3 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,245 | 26.6 |
| 1981 | 59 | #1,862 | 35.4 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,800 | 36.7 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,943 | 33.6 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,040 | 30.7 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,969 | 32.6 |
| 1976 | 67 | #1,531 | 45.7 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,980 | 30.9 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,904 | 31.3 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,586 | 40.5 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,650 | 36.2 |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,486 | 41.5 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,558 | 36.0 |
| 1969 | 70 | #1,381 | 41.5 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,555 | 33.5 |
| 1967 | 60 | #1,438 | 36.3 |
| 1966 | 62 | #1,398 | 36.6 |
| 1965 | 75 | #1,250 | 42.5 |
| 1964 | 117 | #987 | 61.7 |
| 1963 | 102 | #1,071 | 52.9 |
| 1962 | 136 | #910 | 69.2 |
| 1961 | 155 | #856 | 76.8 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,651 | 23.2 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,737 | 20.3 |
| 1958 | 83 | #1,169 | 41.3 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,606 | 22.5 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,516 | 24.9 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,633 | 20.5 |
| 1954 | 58 | #1,311 | 29.9 |
| 1953 | 53 | #1,341 | 28.2 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,380 | 27.0 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,428 | 24.4 |
| 1950 | 49 | #1,315 | 28.6 |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,321 | 28.6 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,402 | 25.9 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,284 | 28.8 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,434 | 24.2 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,442 | 24.5 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,396 | 25.6 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,463 | 23.7 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,176 | 34.1 |
| 1941 | 49 | #1,051 | 40.6 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,145 | 35.9 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,215 | 33.7 |
| 1938 | 44 | #1,088 | 39.9 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,486 | 24.4 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,632 | 21.1 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,260 | 31.5 |
| 1934 | 45 | #1,044 | 43.1 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,358 | 28.8 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,145 | 37.5 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,222 | 33.8 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,698 | 20.4 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,168 | 14.3 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,601 | 11.3 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,522 | 7.5 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,688 | 11.0 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,469 | 12.3 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,675 | 21.6 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,251 | 14.1 |
| 1922 | 20 | #2,018 | 16.7 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,489 | 12.2 |
| 1920 | 20 | #2,006 | 16.7 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,140 | 15.0 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,492 | 12.1 |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,085 | 15.7 |
| 1916 | 17 | #2,017 | 16.3 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,947 | 17.3 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,242 | 14.4 |
| 1913 | 11 | #2,005 | 17.6 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,963 | 17.9 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,361 | 31.1 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,751 | 22.7 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,496 | 14.4 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,379 | 15.0 |
| 1907 | 6 | #2,021 | 18.8 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,185 | 17.1 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,834 | 21.8 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,127 | 42.0 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,062 | 45.4 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,056 | 46.0 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,159 | 40.0 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,245 | 34.8 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,200 | 37.8 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,775 | 21.4 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,464 | 26.9 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,426 | 28.3 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,081 | 43.1 |
| 1890 | 17 | #662 | 89.3 |
| 1888 | 9 | #951 | 50.4 |
| 1887 | 13 | #657 | 89.1 |
| 1886 | 7 | #983 | 48.4 |
| 1885 | 10 | #736 | 75.2 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,153 | 38.8 |
| 1880 | 5 | #926 | 54.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Sabra a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sabra has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 137 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Sabra: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sabra, and how old are they?
3,740 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 4,960 Americans ever recorded as Sabra. The median Sabra alive today is 49 years old; half are between 34 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 3,760 people named Sabra (3,746 women and girls, 14 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,931 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 193 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 869 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,040 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 525 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 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 Sabra born?
The states with the most babies named Sabra are Texas, California and North Carolina, with 65% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 388 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 243 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 99 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Oklahoma | 78 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Florida | 38 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Indiana | 33 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 31 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 31 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 27 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Missouri | 26 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Sabra is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sabra is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.1 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 Sabra 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 7,573 babies since 1880, Sabra is the most given (65% of them).
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.
More about Sabra and names like it
- Compare Sabra and SabriaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sSabra peaked in 1961.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sabra since 1910.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Sabra.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Sabra alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with SMost given first.