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Saba

#4,966 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Saba has been given to 1,681 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #4,966 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 51 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Saba, 2025

1 in 123,000

Saba over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Saba over time

In 2025, Saba went to 82% girls and 18% boys.

19702025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Saba: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Hebrew

What Saba means

Saba has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Saba

A separate documented entry treats Saba as a form of Sabas. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

One of the source’s documented entries for Saba records a meaning of soft breeze.

Origin, language, and formation

Saba is used in Italian. Its origins include Hebrew.

Saba comes through Latin Saba, Ancient Greek Σάβα and Hebrew שְׁבָא.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sheba.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Saba is pronounced /ˈsa.ba/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,587 girls were recorded with the name Saba between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 51 in 2001; its best national rank was #2,409 in 1986.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,458 in 2020 to #4,966 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,097 in 2015 to #4,966 in 2025.

In the United States, 94 boys were recorded with the name Saba between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1997; its best national rank was #7,144 in 1997.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Saba?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 123,000
27 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 59,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,966
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
85,108 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Saba sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 85,108 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Saba. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sabas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Saba was born before 2000 — so the typical Saba is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
25.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,587
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 25.6% of all recorded uses (407).

Is Saba rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−212
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+492
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+131
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
52.9%
Peak was 2001 (51)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,409
1986

Spellings of Saba

Saba is not the most common spelling — Sarah is, with 30.6% against Saba's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Saba is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Saba was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 156,707 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6New Jersey1 in —
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Saba has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Saba is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Saba was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,220,640 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Saba has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Saba around the world

Where Saba ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,639
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2007–2007
    #744
    in 2007
  • France
    1958–2025
    #2,184
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2003
    #522
    in 2003
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #2,256
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1985–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Saba by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,966
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 492
Best rank ever
#2,409
1986
Peak year
2001
51 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,587
Count in 2025
27

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,742
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#7,144
1997
Peak year
1997
8 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
94
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Saba

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

SableSabahSabreSabraSabineSabellaSabrynaSabrinNabaSabihaSabinaSabreenSabriaSabriyaSabrenaSabirinSabreeSabrSabelSabeenSabiraSabrynSabrineSaber

Sibling names for Saba

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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