Sabina
Feminine · “a Sabine woman”
Sabina names an Italic people the Romans absorbed — and the founding legend of Rome turns on the abduction of their women.
How old is the name Sabina?
Sabina was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Sabina alive today was born around 1981, making them about 44 years old. About 5,900 people named Sabina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sabina most popular?
Sabina peaked in 1889, reaching #589 nationally. Today it ranks #2564, 1,975 places below that high. See the whole 1889 chart.
Where it comes from
From Sabinus to Sabina
The story of Sabina
Livy tells of Romulus inviting the Sabines to a festival and carrying off their unmarried women; the war that followed ended when the women themselves stood between fathers and husbands, and the two peoples merged. Sabina is standard in Italian, Spanish and Polish and is in current American use.
Meaning
a Sabine woman
From the Latin Sabinus, 'of the Sabines', an Italic people of the central Apennines whose own name's origin is not recovered. Sabinus and Sabina were ordinary Roman cognomina. The formation is transparent even where the people's name is not.
How the name formed
- Sabinus
- Sabina
Related forms: Sabina · Sabina · Sabine
Pronouncing Sabina
sah-BEE-nah
Three syllables, stress in the middle. French Sabine is sa-BEEN with two.
Nicknames for Sabina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 2007139 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #589reached in 1889
- Change vs 2022
- −15.0%68 in 2025, from 80
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sabina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sabina in Italian — same name
- Sabina in Spanish — same name
- Sabine in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Sabinas among us
people named Sabina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 23,636 born in 2025 was named Sabina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Sabina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sabina is headed
Sabina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sabina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sabina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the women ended the war by standing between the armies is a first-rate story.
- It is standard across Italian, Spanish and Polish naming.
- Bina is available as a short form with real use.
- The founding story it evokes is an abduction.
- The Sabines' own name has no recovered meaning.
- Sabina and Sabine are said differently.
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Feminine · #2564 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Sabinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,900 people named Sabina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sabina in 2025?
- Sabina ranks #2564 among US girl names in 2025, with 68 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sabina?
- About 1 in every 23,636 US girls born in 2025 was named Sabina — 68 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sabina with classmates?
- Sabina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Sabina
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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