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Sabri

#13,523 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Patient

Sabri has been given to 231 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #13,523 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% boys, 16% girls all-time.

Babies named Sabri, 2025

1 in 663,000

Sabri over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

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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.

Sabri: meaning, origin, and history

Patient

Arabic

What Sabri means

Sabri means “patient”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sabri is used in Arabic, Turkish, Albanian and Malay.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈsˤab.riːj/ and /sab.ˈɾi/ for Sabri.

Origin, language, and formation

Sabri is used in Albanian, French and Turkish. Its origins include Arabic.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Sabri is pronounced /sa.bʁi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 193 boys were recorded with the name Sabri between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2003; its best national rank was #6,105 in 1981.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,597 in 2020 to #13,523 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,407 in 2015 to #13,523 in 2025.

In the United States, 38 girls were recorded with the name Sabri between 1995 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2006; its best national rank was #13,017 in 1995.

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 Sabri?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,523
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sabri 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sabri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sabris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sabri was born before 2010 — so the typical Sabri is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
80.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
193
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.9% of all recorded uses (77).

Is Sabri 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
−4,926
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,116
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.7%
Peak was 2003 (12)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
39.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,105
1981

Spellings of Sabri

Sabri is not the most common spelling — Ari is, with 43.5% against Sabri's 0.41%.

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.

Sabri around the world

Where Sabri 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
    1997–2020
    #3,848
    in 2020
  • Scotland
    2011–2011
    #648
    in 2011
  • France
    1960–2025
    #1,200
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1996–2022
    #2,959
    in 2022

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

Sabri by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,523
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,926
Best rank ever
#6,105
1981
Peak year
2003
12 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
193
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#13,017
1995
Peak year
2006
7 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
38
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Sabri

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

SabanSaberSabirJabriSabaSabenSabienSabarSabreSaburoSabianSabrSableSabinSabasJibriSabrielSabdielSabielSabinoSabrinaSabbathSabatinoSabal

Sibling names for Sabri

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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