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Saber

#10,480 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Alternate transcription of Sabir

Saber has been given to 378 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #10,480 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.

Babies named Saber, 2025

1 in 474,000

Saber over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Saber went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19882025

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.

Saber: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Sabir

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Saber means

Saber is a alternate transcription of Sabir.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Saber → Sabir → صَابِر. The family’s meaning is “to be patient, to have patience”, recorded in Arabic with the source elements صبر.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sabir.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 305 boys were recorded with the name Saber between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2020; its best national rank was #4,997 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,997 in 2020 to #10,480 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,409 in 2015 to #10,480 in 2025.

In the United States, 73 girls were recorded with the name Saber between 1990 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2022; its best national rank was #8,440 in 2022.

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 Saber?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#10,480
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Saber sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Saber. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sabers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Saber was born before 2012 — so the typical Saber is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
34.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
305
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 34.4% of all recorded uses (105).

Is Saber 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
−4,355
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,483
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,071
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.88×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
36.8%
Peak was 2020 (19)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
41.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,997
2020

Spellings of Saber

Saber is not the most common spelling — Abel is, with 27.7% against Saber's 0.13%.

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.

Saber around the world

Where Saber 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
    2002–2021
    #3,990
    in 2021
  • France
    1970–2025
    #2,376
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2019–2021
    #2,989
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1998–2009
    #708
    in 2009

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

Saber by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,480
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,483
Best rank ever
#4,997
2020
Peak year
2020
19 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
305
Count in 2025
7

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,440
2022
Peak year
2022
13 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
73
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Saber

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

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Sibling names for Saber

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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