Unisex name · since 1960
Sabre
520 babies named Sabre in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,559 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,454 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 520
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sabre is the #13454 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 520 recorded since 1960.
Social Security Administration records show Sabre recorded 520 times among girls since 1960, holding rank #13454 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #11,559 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,454 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 520 born since 1960
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sabre ranks #11,559 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,454 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 520 born since 1960, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,559 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,454 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 520
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sabre's 520 recorded births place it above 84.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sabre compares
520 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Sabre's all-time total is 38% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sabre | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 520 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sabre's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sabre's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sabre popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Sabre popularity over time - boys
73 total births recorded since 1994 (Sabre as boys' name)
Sabre by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (189 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Sabre's strongest decade.
189 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Sabre births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 71
1960s
71 births
- 1970s 39
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s
1990s
189 births
- 2000s
2000s
88 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 189 births (36% of all-time use).
How Sabre 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 Sabre's total volume
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What to do with Sabre's data
- Sabre's decade-level peak was the 1990s (189 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Sabre: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Sabre 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.