Saba Girl
How popular is Saba?
#4,877 girl name in 2025
27 baby girls were named Saba in the US in 2025, making it the 4877th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Saba popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,877 for girls (▼ 210 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 27 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,979 in 2015, #5,310 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (51 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,383 in 1986 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 8% boys, 92% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Saba counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Saba family of names ranked #2,928 for girls in 2025 (#2,900 the year before), with 34 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Saba | 27 | 79% |
| Sabah | 7 | 21% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Saba is most popular
Babies named Saba per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
Saba by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 99 | #3,924 |
| 1980s | 283 | #2,383 |
| 1990s | 407 | #2,498 |
| 2000s | 358 | #2,840 |
| 2010s | 283 | #4,156 |
| 2020s | 157 | #4,293 |
Girl names about as popular as Saba
Questions
- Is Saba a boy or girl name?
- Saba is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 92% of babies named Saba were girls.
- How popular is the name Saba?
- 27 baby girls were named Saba in the US in 2025, making it the 4877th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Saba most popular?
- Saba peaked in 2001, when 51 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,383 in 1986.
- How many people are named Saba?
- 1,681 babies have been named Saba in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,655 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Saba most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Saba was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.