How rare is the name Saba?

5,040 people in the United States have the first name Saba, about 1 in 59,927. It ranks #3,888 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SABA

#3,888

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,040
About
1 in 59,927
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,040 people named Saba, 39.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 30.9% as White and 23.3% as Black. 92.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Saba peaked in 1997, when 57 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
1997
Births that year
57
In 2025*
33 ▼42%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,681 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Saba by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #4,676. The largest share of babies named Saba, 36.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#8,32499
1980s#4,972288
1990s#4,676437
2000s#6,387387
2010s#7,978301
2020s#8,253169
Generation X 1965–807.2%
Millennials 1981–9633.4%
Generation Z 1997–1236.9%
2013 and later22.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Saba, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Saba ranks #8,164 of 156,621, with 3,882 people. See Saba as a last name

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