Sabas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAH-bahs
- Origin
- Aramaic
Sabas is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “old man, elder”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sabas mean?
Aramaic: via Greek Sabas; Spanish form of Sabbas
“old man, elder”
Saint Sabbas the Sanctified founded the Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem in 483.
Is Sabas a girl's or a boy's name?
Sabas is a boys' name.
How popular is Sabas in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1930, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Sabas in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Sabas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thomas William James Jesse Joseph Charles Silas Robert John Lewis Peter Martin
More Aramaic names
Tommy Martha Barnaby Barney Tabitha Tomas Tadeo Tom Thaddeus Tomos Marta Tommie Tomi Saphira Tommaso Barnabas
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sabas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabas, updated 20 October 2026.