Girls' name · since 1916
Sabrina
142,601 babies named Sabrina in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #282 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #321 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 142,601
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sabrina currently ranks #321 among girls' names in America, with 142,601 babies recorded since 1916.
Sabrina has 142,601 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #321 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #282 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #321 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 142,601 born since 1916
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sabrina ranks #282 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #321 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 142,601 born since 1916, peaking in the 1990s.
- #282 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #321 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 142,601
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sabrina's 142,601 recorded births place it above 99.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sabrina compares
142,601 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Sabrina's all-time total is 379x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sabrina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142,601 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5,816 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sabrina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sabrina's full recorded timeline at 1983, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% 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 1997 peak of 5,816 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sabrina popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 5,816
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Sabrina popularity over time - boys
347 total births recorded since 1967 (Sabrina as boys' name)
Sabrina by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (38,664 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Sabrina's strongest decade.
38,664 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Sabrina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 41
1940s
41 births
- 1950s 4,911
1950s
4,911 births
- 1960s 12,454
1960s
12,454 births
- 1970s
1970s
24,500 births
- 1980s
1980s
24,637 births
- 1990s
1990s
38,664 births
- 2000s
2000s
22,351 births
- 2010s 10,067
2010s
10,067 births
- 2020s 4,959
2020s
4,959 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 38,664 births (27% of all-time use).
How Sabrina 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 Sabrina's total volume
Sabrina by state
Where Sabrina concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22,366 | 15.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 13,157 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 12,046 | 8.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 9,788 | 6.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5,711 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 4,852 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 4,638 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 4,582 | 3.2% |
22,366 of 142,601 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Sabrina appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sabrina's data
- Sabrina's decade-level peak was the 1990s (38,664 total births); usage has since declined to 4,959 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sabrinas (22,366 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 Sabrina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
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 Sabrina 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.