Sabrina

#321 for girls in 2025, 956 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1997 · 5,816 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
142,601
since 1916

Sabrina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #53, 1997girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#321956—
2024#357872—
2023#396776—
2022#413761—
2021#400790—
2020#388804—
2019#390788—
2018#426737—
2017#432740—
2016#369881—
2015#353926—
2014#3331,009—
2013#2811,132—
2012#2731,191—
2011#2611,230—
2010#2191,433—
2009#2141,512—
2008#1841,824—
2007#1971,729—
2006#1961,795—
2005#1691,979#11,4725
2004#1492,190#8,9277
2003#1372,398—
2002#1352,533—
2001#1162,921—
2000#923,470#6,8399
1999#883,650—
1998#684,608#5,84010
1997#535,816#7,2817
1996#585,774#4,87812
1995#953,534#5,50110
1994#973,384#6,9687
1993#973,322#5,36010
1992#1122,949#5,23610
1991#1152,905#8,2365
1990#1182,722#4,40712
1989#1162,572#3,20518
1988#1162,437#5,2008
1987#1092,543#4,23910
1986#1202,313#4,8538
1985#1282,267#3,59912
1984#1222,306#3,45912
1983#1112,554#3,41112
1982#1282,369#4,2349
1981#1202,497#2,89815
1980#1132,779#4,1349
1979#1062,870#2,66917
1978#913,350#4,1578
1977#634,305#2,06323
1976#1461,855#3,09512
1975#1901,327#5,4645
1974#1921,325—
1973#1721,601#3,22310
1972#1521,880#3,3449
1971#1332,418#4,9075
1970#1073,569#3,07110
1969#1661,944#2,54912
1968#1931,638#3,1078
1967#1332,628#2,47011
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Sabrina! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sabrina is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #40 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 156 girlsAKMaine: #167 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 845 girlsMEVermont: #125 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 492 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #91 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 391 girlsNHWashington: #143 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 675 girlsWAIdaho: #142 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 608 girlsIDMontana: #84 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 314 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #126 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 543 girlsNDMinnesota: #205 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,264 girlsMNIllinois: #104 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 476 girlsILWisconsin: #158 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 878 girlsWIMichigan: #94 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 472 girlsMINew York: #67 for girls · 293 births · 1 in 336 girlsNYMassachusetts: #112 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 511 girlsMARhode Island: #152 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 717 girlsRIOregon: #79 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 359 girlsORNevada: #73 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 276 girlsNVWyoming: #88 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 305 girlsWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedSDIowa: #140 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 715 girlsIAIndiana: #99 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 490 girlsINOhio: #112 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 530 girlsOHPennsylvania: #118 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 559 girlsPANew Jersey: #137 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 684 girlsNJConnecticut: #84 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 364 girlsCTCalifornia: #60 for girls · 437 births · 1 in 351 girlsCAUtah: #124 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 562 girlsUTColorado: #71 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 320 girlsCONebraska: #124 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 546 girlsNEMissouri: #101 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 494 girlsMOKentucky: #83 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 405 girlsKYWest Virginia: #77 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 347 girlsWVVirginia: #80 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 344 girlsVAMaryland: #70 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 332 girlsMDDelaware: #147 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 556 girlsDEArizona: #51 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 269 girlsAZNew Mexico: #60 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 264 girlsNMKansas: #118 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 537 girlsKSArkansas: #97 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 449 girlsARTennessee: #80 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 398 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #69 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 320 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #45 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 216 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #53 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 213 girlsDCOklahoma: #103 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 486 girlsOKLouisiana: #61 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 290 girlsLAMississippi: #79 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 319 girlsMSAlabama: #56 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 259 girlsALGeorgia: #60 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 267 girlsGAHawaii: #57 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 227 girlsHITexas: #74 for girls · 263 births · 1 in 393 girlsTXFlorida: #63 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 317 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#40 · 1 in 156
  2. South Carolina#45 · 1 in 216
  3. Arizona#51 · 1 in 269
  4. District of Columbia#53 · 1 in 213
  5. Alabama#56 · 1 in 259

Best ever in a state: #24 in Rhode Island, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#40161 in 156
South Carolina#45791 in 216
Arizona#51611 in 269
District of Columbia#53261 in 213
Alabama#56841 in 259
Hawaii#57201 in 227
California#604371 in 351
Georgia#601211 in 267
New Mexico#60311 in 264
Louisiana#61951 in 290
Florida#631391 in 317
New York#672931 in 336
North Carolina#691011 in 320
Maryland#70551 in 332
Colorado#71541 in 320
Nevada#73121 in 276
Texas#742631 in 393
West Virginia#77341 in 347
Mississippi#79481 in 319
Oregon#79431 in 359
Tennessee#80701 in 398
Virginia#80811 in 344
Kentucky#83591 in 405
Connecticut#84391 in 364
Montana#84141 in 314
Wyoming#8881 in 305
New Hampshire#91121 in 391
Michigan#941221 in 472
Arkansas#97281 in 449
Indiana#99711 in 490
Missouri#101621 in 494
Oklahoma#103351 in 486
Illinois#1041491 in 476
Massachusetts#112581 in 511
Ohio#1121301 in 530
Kansas#118251 in 537
Pennsylvania#1181181 in 559
Nebraska#124181 in 546
Utah#124271 in 562
Vermont#12551 in 492
North Dakota#12681 in 543
New Jersey#137531 in 684
Iowa#140261 in 715
Idaho#142111 in 608
Washington#143341 in 675
Delaware#14751 in 556
Rhode Island#15261 in 717
Wisconsin#158331 in 878
Maine#16771 in 845
Minnesota#205211 in 1,264
South Dakota———

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 Sabrina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#357 → #321)
  • 67 spots since 2020 (#388 → #321)
  • 32 spots since 2015 (#353 → #321)
  • Biggest jump: 1,434 spots in 1954 (#2,236 → #802)
  • Biggest drop: 63 spots in 2017 (#369 → #432)
Rise & fade · girls
81 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1997 at #53 (5,816 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1993–2000
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1954–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 299
  • Highest: 1 in 299 girls born in 1997 were named Sabrina (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,681 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 27.1% of all girls named Sabrina (38,664) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#4,251 (1919)#4,334
1920s0——
1930s6#3,782 (1939)#3,782
1940s41#3,350 (1948)#3,999
1950s4,911#245 (1955)#1,298
1960s12,454#133 (1967)#263
1970s24,500#63 (1977)#135
1980s24,637#109 (1987)#118
1990s38,664#53 (1997)#90
2000s22,351#92 (2000)#159
2010s10,067#219 (2010)#334
2020s4,959#321 (2025)#379

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.

Sabrina in 1978

girls
#91
3,350 births · 1 in 457 girls
boys
#4,157
8 births · 1 in 205,230 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #91Sabrina3,350

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #4,157Sabrina8
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 457 of them was named Sabrina, which outranked 99.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sabrina
  1. #88Teresa3,472
  2. #89Robin3,440
  3. #90Katie3,426
  4. #91Sabrina3,350
  5. #92Valerie3,299
  6. #93Gina3,220
  7. #94Cheryl3,167
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 205,230 of them was named Sabrina, which outranked 38.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sabrina
  1. #3,857Zebediah9
  2. #3,857Zion9
  3. #3,857Zoltan9
  4. #4,157Sabrina8
  5. #4,157Abimael8
  6. #4,157Adrean8
  7. #4,157Airrion8
  8. #4,554Abasi7
  9. #4,554Abdallah7
  10. #4,554Absalom7

Tied with 396 names at #4,157; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →