Saba
Girl · SAH-ba · Arabic
Saba is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “morning breeze”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Saba mean?
Arabic: Arabic, also used in Persian and Urdu
“morning breeze”
In Arabic, Persian and Urdu poetry saba is the gentle morning breeze from the east; Saba is also the Arabic name for Sheba.
- Say it
- SAH-ba
Is Saba a girl's or a boy's name?
Saba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 27 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Saba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Saba, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 62 girls.
Half of all the girls named Saba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Saba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 38 | #968 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,179 |
| 2008 | 31 | #1,064 |
| 2007 | 36 | #924 |
| 2006 | 51 | #682 |
| 2005 | 38 | #808 |
| 2004 | 62 | #560 |
| 2003 | 54 | #599 |
| 2002 | 61 | #539 |
| 2001 | 49 | #610 |
| 2000 | 47 | #628 |
| 1999 | 41 | #671 |
| 1998 | 39 | #695 |
| 1997 | 44 | #648 |
| 1996 | 39 | #674 |
How popular is Saba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Saba, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970. 6 boys were also named Saba in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Saba in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82% of the babies named Saba in the US were girls.
Saba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,587 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 42 | #2,383 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
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