Sable

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Peak · girls
#900
1986 · 181 births
Debut · girls
1923
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,702
since 1923

Sable over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sable has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #900, 1986girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#2,69164#10,6956
2024#4,89327#12,3495
2023#5,12625#12,2395
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2021#4,50730—
2020#5,31423—
2019#4,77328—
2018#5,61922—
2017#5,82121—
2016#5,98521—
2015#7,26616—
2014#7,63615—
2013#7,37216—
2012#6,34120—
2011#16,7645—
2010#9,79011—
2009#7,67916—
2008#8,52914—
2007#7,09218—
2006#8,23714—
2005#6,52818—
2004#5,74421—
2003#6,57617—
2002#3,81034—
2001#4,56426—
2000#3,16943—
1999#2,20568—
1998#2,18865—
1997#3,30235—
1996#3,72329—
1995#3,22035—
1994#3,03838—
1993#2,99039—
1992#2,43353—
1991#1,89474—
1990#2,01167—
1989#1,080156—
1988#1,52188—
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1984#8,1537—
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First appearance
1923

The first year at least five girls were named Sable! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1923–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sable is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sable, so not publishedHITexas: #3,285 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,108 girlsTXFlorida: #2,151 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,352 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#2,151 · 1 in 17,352
  2. Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108

Best ever in a state: #340 in South Carolina, 1986.

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Texas#3,28551 in 32,108
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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.

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See more about Sable
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 2,623 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #2,691)
  • Biggest jump: 4,778 spots in 1986
  • Biggest drop: 327 spots in 1987
Rise & fade · girls
63 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1923
  • Peaked 1986 at #900 (181 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,478
  • Highest: 1 in 9,478 girls born in 1986 were named Sable (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,114 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 32.9% of all girls named Sable (560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s11#4,286 (1927)#4,627
1930s12#3,701 (1936)#3,774
1940s11#3,954 (1941)#4,599
1950s12#4,837 (1956)#5,069
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1980s560#900 (1986)#3,093
1990s503#1,894 (1991)#2,700
2000s221#3,169 (2000)#6,193
2010s175#4,773 (2019)#7,737
2020s197#2,691 (2025)#4,554

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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