Sabeen

Girls' name

Possibly follower of another religion

Sabeen has been given to 200 babies in the U.S. since 1978. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1979, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Sabeen, 2021

1 in 678,000

Sabeen over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sabeen: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly follower of another religion

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sabeen means

Sabeen may mean “follower of another religion”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sabeen is used in Urdu.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 200 girls were recorded with the name Sabeen between 1978 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1979; its best national rank was #6,067 in 1979.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Sabeen?

Sabeen had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sabeen 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 2021 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 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sabeen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sabeens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sabeen was born before 1999 — so the typical Sabeen is around 26 today.

Median birth year: 1999; About 26 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 27.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 57.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 200; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 27.5% of all recorded uses (55).

Is Sabeen 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1979 (11)
Years since peak: 46; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,067; 1979

Spellings of Sabeen

Sabeen is not the most common spelling — Janeen is, with 22.3% against Sabeen's 0.68%.

Janeen22.3%6,544
Aleen9.3%2,726
Sabrena6.8%1,982
Sable5.8%1,702
Nadeen5.1%1,499
Daneen4.8%1,397
Kareen4.5%1,306
Haneen4.4%1,286

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.

Sabeen around the world

Where Sabeen 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
1996–2020
#5,493
in 2020
France
2013–2013
#6,367
in 2013
Canada
2006–2006
#2,939
in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Sabeen by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,067; 1979
Peak year: 1979; 11 that year
First recorded: 1978
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 200
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sabeen

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

Sabreen Sabiha Sabrin Sabirin Sabira Sareen Tuleen Sabriya Sabryn Sireen Seleen Sabrea Zareen Sabree Afreen Rameen Sabre Sabah Sabrie Eyleen Amreen Wateen Avleen Lareen

Sibling names for Sabeen

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

For a sister

Bambi Mellissa Latosha Adria Lani Malissa Lindy Charissa

For a brother

Delvin Leopoldo Jerod Cedrick Reggie Torrey Jed Wilfredo

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