Saba
- #4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to girls 94.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,587since 1970
Saba over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,878 | 27 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #3,854 | 39 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,404 | 44 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #3,566 | 41 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,844 | 51 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,973 | 43 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,590 | 49 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,830 | 42 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,593 | 47 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #3,104 | 34 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,039 | 33 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,915 | 33 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #2,384 | 42 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1970
The first year at least five girls were named Saba! It came in at #5,818, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Saba is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #3,095 | 5 | 1 in 32,345 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Saba
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 209 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #4,878)
- 436 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #4,878)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1986 at #2,384 (42 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 35,306
- Highest: 1 in 35,306 girls born in 2001 were named Saba (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 59,528 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,384 in 1986, was only 1 in 40,846 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 25.6% of all girls named Saba (407) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 99 | #3,924 (1978) | #5,417 |
| 1980s | 283 | #2,384 (1986) | #3,263 |
| 1990s | 407 | #2,503 (1994) | #2,990 |
| 2000s | 358 | #2,844 (2001) | #4,125 |
| 2010s | 283 | #4,157 (2016) | #4,940 |
| 2020s | 157 | #4,295 (2022) | #5,020 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Saba ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: