first name
SABRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,760 people named Sabra, 77.1% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Black and 5.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sabra peaked in 1961, when 155 babies got the name.
At least 4,960 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Sabra by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,735. The largest share of babies named Sabra, 25.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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.
Where Sabra is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sabra has been most common in Oklahoma (5×), Texas (4.5×), and North Carolina (3×), and least common in New York (0.35×).
1,124 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sabra
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sabra, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sabra ranks #47,446 of 156,621, with 482 people. See Sabra as a last name
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