Sabrina

#321 for girls in 2025, 956 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1997 · 5,816 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
142,601
since 1916

Sabrina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #53, 1997girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#321956—
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2020#388804—
2019#390788—
2018#426737—
2017#432740—
2016#369881—
2015#353926—
2014#3331,009—
2013#2811,132—
2012#2731,191—
2011#2611,230—
2010#2191,433—
2009#2141,512—
2008#1841,824—
2007#1971,729—
2006#1961,795—
2005#1691,979#11,4725
2004#1492,190#8,9277
2003#1372,398—
2002#1352,533—
2001#1162,921—
2000#923,470#6,8399
1999#883,650—
1998#684,608#5,84010
1997#535,816#7,2817
1996#585,774#4,87812
1995#953,534#5,50110
1994#973,384#6,9687
1993#973,322#5,36010
1992#1122,949#5,23610
1991#1152,905#8,2365
1990#1182,722#4,40712
1989#1162,572#3,20518
1988#1162,437#5,2008
1987#1092,543#4,23910
1986#1202,313#4,8538
1985#1282,267#3,59912
1984#1222,306#3,45912
1983#1112,554#3,41112
1982#1282,369#4,2349
1981#1202,497#2,89815
1980#1132,779#4,1349
1979#1062,870#2,66917
1978#913,350#4,1578
1977#634,305#2,06323
1976#1461,855#3,09512
1975#1901,327#5,4645
1974#1921,325—
1973#1721,601#3,22310
1972#1521,880#3,3449
1971#1332,418#4,9075
1970#1073,569#3,07110
1969#1661,944#2,54912
1968#1931,638#3,1078
1967#1332,628#2,47011
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Sabrina! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sabrina is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #121 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 382 girlsAKMaine: #176 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 796 girlsMEVermont: #148 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 586 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #119 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 508 girlsNHWashington: #130 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 492 girlsWAIdaho: #157 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 541 girlsIDMontana: #185 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 724 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #328 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,689 girlsMNIllinois: #116 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 507 girlsILWisconsin: #214 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,247 girlsWIMichigan: #132 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 602 girlsMINew York: #106 for girls · 304 births · 1 in 465 girlsNYMassachusetts: #207 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,243 girlsMARhode Island: #140 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 640 girlsRIOregon: #107 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 399 girlsORNevada: #120 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 370 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sabrina, so not publishedSDIowa: #310 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,321 girlsIAIndiana: #140 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 706 girlsINOhio: #142 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 713 girlsOHPennsylvania: #162 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 868 girlsPANew Jersey: #118 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 540 girlsNJConnecticut: #264 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,598 girlsCTCalifornia: #91 for girls · 384 births · 1 in 427 girlsCAUtah: #238 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,168 girlsUTColorado: #126 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 522 girlsCONebraska: #210 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,042 girlsNEMissouri: #153 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 739 girlsMOKentucky: #114 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 500 girlsKYWest Virginia: #112 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 427 girlsWVVirginia: #60 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 259 girlsVAMaryland: #110 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 467 girlsMDDelaware: #145 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 626 girlsDEArizona: #135 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 534 girlsAZNew Mexico: #176 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 685 girlsNMKansas: #147 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 641 girlsKSArkansas: #120 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 470 girlsARTennessee: #81 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 342 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #68 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 283 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #53 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 226 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #33 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 140 girlsDCOklahoma: #134 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 550 girlsOKLouisiana: #52 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 239 girlsLAMississippi: #76 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 298 girlsMSAlabama: #47 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 202 girlsALGeorgia: #30 for girls · 273 births · 1 in 148 girlsGAHawaii: #151 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 517 girlsHITexas: #116 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 494 girlsTXFlorida: #41 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 197 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#30 · 1 in 148
  2. District of Columbia#33 · 1 in 140
  3. Florida#41 · 1 in 197
  4. Alabama#47 · 1 in 202
  5. Louisiana#52 · 1 in 239

Best ever in a state: #24 in Rhode Island, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#302731 in 148
District of Columbia#33711 in 140
Florida#412421 in 197
Alabama#471341 in 202
Louisiana#521271 in 239
South Carolina#53911 in 226
Virginia#601331 in 259
North Carolina#681481 in 283
Mississippi#76631 in 298
Tennessee#81921 in 342
California#913841 in 427
New York#1063041 in 465
Oregon#107361 in 399
Maryland#110541 in 467
West Virginia#112301 in 427
Kentucky#114521 in 500
Illinois#1161731 in 507
Texas#1162111 in 494
New Jersey#118931 in 540
New Hampshire#119101 in 508
Arkansas#120291 in 470
Nevada#12081 in 370
Alaska#12171 in 382
Colorado#126331 in 522
Washington#130501 in 492
Michigan#1321231 in 602
Oklahoma#134321 in 550
Arizona#135281 in 534
Indiana#140611 in 706
Rhode Island#140101 in 640
Ohio#1421251 in 713
Delaware#14561 in 626
Kansas#147231 in 641
Vermont#14851 in 586
Hawaii#151101 in 517
Missouri#153481 in 739
Idaho#15791 in 541
Pennsylvania#162991 in 868
Maine#17691 in 796
New Mexico#176121 in 685
Montana#18561 in 724
Massachusetts#207341 in 1,243
Nebraska#210101 in 1,042
Wisconsin#214271 in 1,247
Utah#23891 in 1,168
Connecticut#264131 in 1,598
Iowa#31091 in 2,321
Minnesota#328111 in 2,689
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sabrina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#357 → #321)
  • 67 spots since 2020 (#388 → #321)
  • 32 spots since 2015 (#353 → #321)
  • Biggest jump: 1,434 spots in 1954 (#2,236 → #802)
  • Biggest drop: 63 spots in 2017 (#369 → #432)
Rise & fade · girls
81 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1997 at #53 (5,816 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1993–2000
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1954–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 299
  • Highest: 1 in 299 girls born in 1997 were named Sabrina (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,681 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 27.1% of all girls named Sabrina (38,664) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#4,251 (1919)#4,334
1920s0——
1930s6#3,782 (1939)#3,782
1940s41#3,350 (1948)#3,999
1950s4,911#245 (1955)#1,298
1960s12,454#133 (1967)#263
1970s24,500#63 (1977)#135
1980s24,637#109 (1987)#118
1990s38,664#53 (1997)#90
2000s22,351#92 (2000)#159
2010s10,067#219 (2010)#334
2020s4,959#321 (2025)#379

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sabrina in 1970

girls
#107
3,569 births · 1 in 490 girls
boys
#3,071
10 births · 1 in 185,823 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #107Sabrina3,569

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #3,071Sabrina10
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 490 of them was named Sabrina, which outranked 98.9% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sabrina
  1. #104Kathryn3,719
  2. #105Christy3,714
  3. #106Yolanda3,591
  4. #107Sabrina3,569
  5. #108Amanda3,545
  6. #109Kristine3,532
  7. #110Veronica3,489
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 185,823 of them was named Sabrina, which outranked 43.5% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sabrina
  1. #2,891Weylin11
  2. #2,891Willia11
  3. #2,891Wray11
  4. #3,071Sabrina10
  5. #3,071Adelbert10
  6. #3,071Adolf10
  7. #3,071Adriano10
  8. #3,282Adron9
  9. #3,282Alastair9
  10. #3,282Alcindor9

Tied with 210 names at #3,071; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →