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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #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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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 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #119 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 464 girlsAKMaine: #219 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,219 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #134 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 666 girlsNHWashington: #122 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 648 girlsWAIdaho: #234 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,110 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #269 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,845 girlsMNIllinois: #136 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 771 girlsILWisconsin: #181 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,141 girlsWIMichigan: #129 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 734 girlsMINew York: #100 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 554 girlsNYMassachusetts: #123 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 675 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedRIOregon: #109 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 569 girlsORNevada: #64 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 267 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedSDIowa: #270 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,772 girlsIAIndiana: #133 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 730 girlsINOhio: #197 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 1,235 girlsOHPennsylvania: #169 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 955 girlsPANew Jersey: #121 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 656 girlsNJConnecticut: #139 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 722 girlsCTCalifornia: #98 for girls · 404 births · 1 in 514 girlsCAUtah: #218 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,075 girlsUTColorado: #94 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 428 girlsCONebraska: #239 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,360 girlsNEMissouri: #183 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,047 girlsMOKentucky: #119 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 616 girlsKYWest Virginia: #92 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 450 girlsWVVirginia: #134 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 703 girlsVAMaryland: #116 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 613 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedDEArizona: #81 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 384 girlsAZNew Mexico: #78 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 351 girlsNMKansas: #186 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,035 girlsKSArkansas: #130 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 690 girlsARTennessee: #130 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 706 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #107 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 574 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #100 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 492 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #106 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 434 girlsDCOklahoma: #134 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 696 girlsOKLouisiana: #132 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 705 girlsLAMississippi: #135 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 625 girlsMSAlabama: #96 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 485 girlsALGeorgia: #100 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 554 girlsGAHawaii: #264 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 976 girlsHITexas: #120 for girls · 189 births · 1 in 697 girlsTXFlorida: #87 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 492 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#64 · 1 in 267
  2. New Mexico#78 · 1 in 351
  3. Arizona#81 · 1 in 384
  4. Florida#87 · 1 in 492
  5. West Virginia#92 · 1 in 450

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#64191 in 267
New Mexico#78271 in 351
Arizona#81611 in 384
Florida#871351 in 492
West Virginia#92211 in 450
Colorado#94511 in 428
Alabama#96441 in 485
California#984041 in 514
Georgia#100681 in 554
New York#1001961 in 554
South Carolina#100361 in 492
District of Columbia#106131 in 434
North Carolina#107621 in 574
Oregon#109271 in 569
Maryland#116401 in 613
Alaska#11981 in 464
Kentucky#119341 in 616
Texas#1201891 in 697
New Jersey#121641 in 656
Washington#122421 in 648
Massachusetts#123521 in 675
Michigan#129771 in 734
Arkansas#130181 in 690
Tennessee#130391 in 706
Louisiana#132401 in 705
Indiana#133451 in 730
New Hampshire#13491 in 666
Oklahoma#134271 in 696
Virginia#134481 in 703
Mississippi#135221 in 625
Illinois#136921 in 771
Connecticut#139241 in 722
Pennsylvania#169721 in 955
Wisconsin#181261 in 1,141
Missouri#183301 in 1,047
Kansas#186141 in 1,035
Ohio#197551 in 1,235
Utah#218131 in 1,075
Maine#21951 in 1,219
Idaho#23451 in 1,110
Nebraska#23971 in 1,360
Hawaii#26451 in 976
Minnesota#269151 in 1,845
Iowa#27091 in 1,772
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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.

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 1986

girls
#120
2,313 births · 1 in 742 girls
boys
#4,853
8 births · 1 in 230,189 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #120Sabrina2,313

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #4,853Sabrina8
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 742 of them was named Sabrina, which outranked 99.1% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sabrina
  1. #117Tracy2,424
  2. #118Susan2,389
  3. #119Gina2,362
  4. #120Sabrina2,313
  5. #121Lacey2,266
  6. #121Robin2,266
  7. #123Meagan2,244
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

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

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 230,189 of them was named Sabrina, which outranked 38.0% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sabrina
  1. #4,457Zedrick9
  2. #4,457Zephaniah9
  3. #4,457Ziyad9
  4. #4,853Sabrina8
  5. #4,853Abdel8
  6. #4,853Abelino8
  7. #4,853Abimael8
  8. #5,332Aaren7
  9. #5,332Abdurrahman7
  10. #5,332Abed7

Tied with 478 names at #4,853; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →