Sabrina — #357 US girls' name
141,633 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.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Sabrina was born in this single decade.
5,816 babies were named Sabrina in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sabrina
The Social Security Administration has registered 141,633 babies named Sabrina between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sabrina currently holds the #357 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 5,816 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sabrina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 38,663 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Sabrina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22,221 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sabrina in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sabrina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 141,633 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sabrina at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Sabrina popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (1997)
- 5,816
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #357 among girls.
141,633 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 5,816 births in a single year.
Sabrina popularity over time — boys
347 total births recorded since 1967 (Sabrina as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sabrina accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sabrina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 38,663 births that decade — 27% of Sabrina's all-time total
Sabrina decade highlights
- Peak decade 38,663 births
- Runner-up 24,637 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sabrina's strongest decade
38,663 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Sabrina by state
Where Sabrina concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22,221 | 15.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 13,084 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 11,950 | 8.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 9,692 | 6.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5,677 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 4,818 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 4,611 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 4,543 | 3.2% |
22,221 of 141,633 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.7% of nationwide
- New York 9.2% of nationwide
- Texas 8.4% of nationwide
- Florida 6.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sabrina appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.