Sabien

Boys' name

Form of Sabina

Sabien has been given to 196 babies in the U.S. since 1999. 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 2001, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Sabien, 2021

1 in 484,000

Sabien over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sabien: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Sabina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sabien means

Sabien is a form of Sabina.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sabien is used in Dutch (Modern).

Another recorded pronunciation is /saː.ˈbin/ for Sabien.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Sabien → Sabina. The family’s meaning is “a Sabine”, recorded in English with the source elements Sabīnus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sabina.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 196 boys were recorded with the name Sabien between 1999 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2001; its best national rank was #3,947 in 2001.

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 Sabien?

Sabien 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 484,000; 7 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 250,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 335,678 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sabien 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 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 335,678 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sabien. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sabiens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sabien was born before 2005 — so the typical Sabien is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 65.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 196; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 65.3% of all recorded uses (128).

Is Sabien 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 2001 (21)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,947; 2001

Spellings of Sabien

Sabien is not the most common spelling — Damien is, with 46.1% against Sabien's 0.14%.

Damien46.1%64,757
Fabian31.5%44,250
Darien7.8%10,977
Savion3.6%4,988
Sabino1.3%1,887
Javien1.2%1,726
Abiel1.2%1,617
Xavien0.96%1,350

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.

Sabien around the world

Where Sabien 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.

France
1905–1905
#652
in 1905
South Australia
2001–2011
#784
in 2011

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sabien by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,947; 2001
Peak year: 2001; 21 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 196
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sabien

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

Sabastien Sabri Saban Saber Savien Jadien Saburo Sabian Sabriel Sabdiel Sabir Aydrien Jamien Sabiel Saba Sabino Zayvien Xzavien Kaien Avien Bastien Essien Kadien Fabien

Sibling names for Sabien

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

Magaly Nyah Lesli Nya Alysa Danae Joana Madisen

For a brother

Destin Cristobal Dallin Donavon Coby Kevon Zakary Keyon

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