Sabra
Sabra is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 657th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1961155 births
- Best rank
- #657in 1887
- Since 1880
- 4,952people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,952 girls have been named Sabra in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 155 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 18%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sabra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | |
| 1890s | 60 | |
| 1900s | 73 | |
| 1910s | 136 | |
| 1920s | 165 | |
| 1930s | 335 | |
| 1940s | 417 | |
| 1950s | 514 | |
| 1960s | 879 | |
| 1970s | 555 | |
| 1980s | 648 | |
| 1990s | 640 | |
| 2000s | 299 | |
| 2010s | 152 | |
| 2020s | 30 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Sabra was the 856th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Sabra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Laurapeak 1964
- Kathrinepeak 1956
- Jennettepeak 1981
- Angelepeak 1972
- Katherinepeak 1990
- Margaritapeak 1957
- Kathrynpeak 1952
- Mariapeak 1964
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.