Sabah
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 529since 1968
Sabah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sabah has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
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| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
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| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
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| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
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First appearance
1968
The first year at least five girls were named Sabah! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1973, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sabah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Sabah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sabah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,545 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #11,932)
- 1,682 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #11,932)
- 1,066 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1996 at #4,583 (22 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 5 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 79,682
- Highest: 1 in 79,682 girls born in 1996 were named Sabah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 29.9% of all girls named Sabah (158) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,016 (1968) | #7,016 |
| 1970s | 20 | #5,776 (1974) | #7,804 |
| 1980s | 82 | #4,840 (1988) | #6,977 |
| 1990s | 158 | #4,583 (1996) | #5,941 |
| 2000s | 117 | #5,937 (2000) | #9,421 |
| 2010s | 104 | #8,393 (2016) | #10,044 |
| 2020s | 43 | #10,250 (2020) | #12,104 |
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.
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