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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #139 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 505 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #182 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 984 girlsNHWashington: #134 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 737 girlsWAIdaho: #183 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 856 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #169 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 751 girlsNDMinnesota: #229 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,489 girlsMNIllinois: #148 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 814 girlsILWisconsin: #186 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,127 girlsWIMichigan: #119 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 636 girlsMINew York: #98 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 514 girlsNYMassachusetts: #115 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 601 girlsMARhode Island: #90 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 383 girlsRIOregon: #132 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 643 girlsORNevada: #107 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 473 girlsNVWyoming: #115 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 361 girlsWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedSDIowa: #164 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 933 girlsIAIndiana: #168 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 981 girlsINOhio: #164 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 957 girlsOHPennsylvania: #146 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 855 girlsPANew Jersey: #107 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 585 girlsNJConnecticut: #128 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 637 girlsCTCalifornia: #100 for girls · 487 births · 1 in 501 girlsCAUtah: #215 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,034 girlsUTColorado: #113 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 528 girlsCONebraska: #289 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,824 girlsNEMissouri: #148 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 834 girlsMOKentucky: #118 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 608 girlsKYWest Virginia: #106 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 489 girlsWVVirginia: #133 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 789 girlsVAMaryland: #124 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 644 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedDEArizona: #76 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 330 girlsAZNew Mexico: #86 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 352 girlsNMKansas: #202 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,087 girlsKSArkansas: #144 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 781 girlsARTennessee: #159 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 931 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #142 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 830 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #83 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 396 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #156 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 784 girlsOKLouisiana: #114 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 628 girlsLAMississippi: #107 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 489 girlsMSAlabama: #106 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 553 girlsALGeorgia: #128 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 697 girlsGAHawaii: #151 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 631 girlsHITexas: #109 for girls · 232 births · 1 in 575 girlsTXFlorida: #91 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 478 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#76 · 1 in 330
  2. South Carolina#83 · 1 in 396
  3. New Mexico#86 · 1 in 352
  4. Rhode Island#90 · 1 in 383
  5. Florida#91 · 1 in 478

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#76771 in 330
South Carolina#83501 in 396
New Mexico#86261 in 352
Rhode Island#90141 in 383
Florida#911611 in 478
New York#982311 in 514
California#1004871 in 501
Alabama#106411 in 553
West Virginia#106181 in 489
Mississippi#107281 in 489
Nevada#107131 in 473
New Jersey#107821 in 585
Texas#1092321 in 575
Colorado#113391 in 528
Louisiana#114411 in 628
Massachusetts#115641 in 601
Wyoming#11551 in 361
Kentucky#118351 in 608
Michigan#119951 in 636
Maryland#124431 in 644
Connecticut#128301 in 637
Georgia#128601 in 697
Oregon#132251 in 643
Virginia#133471 in 789
Washington#134401 in 737
Alaska#13971 in 505
North Carolina#142491 in 830
Arkansas#144161 in 781
Pennsylvania#146841 in 855
Illinois#148951 in 814
Missouri#148391 in 834
Hawaii#15181 in 631
Oklahoma#156221 in 784
Tennessee#159321 in 931
Iowa#164171 in 933
Ohio#164731 in 957
Indiana#168351 in 981
North Dakota#16951 in 751
New Hampshire#18271 in 984
Idaho#18361 in 856
Wisconsin#186261 in 1,127
Kansas#202131 in 1,087
Utah#215131 in 1,034
Minnesota#229191 in 1,489
Nebraska#28951 in 1,824
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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 1989

girls
#116
2,572 births · 1 in 717 girls
boys
#3,205
18 births · 1 in 111,163 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #116Sabrina2,572

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #3,205Sabrina18
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 717 of them was named Sabrina, which outranked 99.2% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sabrina
  1. #113Caroline2,661
  2. #114Katrina2,624
  3. #114Kiara2,624
  4. #116Sabrina2,572
  5. #117Valerie2,562
  6. #118Britney2,494
  7. #119Alison2,488
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 111,163 of them was named Sabrina, which outranked 65.3% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sabrina
  1. #3,094Valente19
  2. #3,094Zackariah19
  3. #3,094Zebadiah19
  4. #3,205Sabrina18
  5. #3,205Abdulrahman18
  6. #3,205Alaric18
  7. #3,205Alastair18
  8. #3,325Adarius17
  9. #3,325Ahren17
  10. #3,325Alonza17

Tied with 119 names at #3,205; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →