Saben
- Gender
- Boy
Saben is a boys' name, meaning “descendant of Sabhán”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Saben mean?
Spelling of Sabin
“descendant of Sabhán”
A male given name.
Meaning borrowed from Sabin. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Saben a girl's or a boy's name?
Saben is a boys' name.
How popular is Saben in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Saben in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saben in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Saben
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Samir, Zahir, Said, Nazir, Nasir, Yahir, Zamir, Jamir, Saif, Semaj, Zayden
Names related to Saben
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, “Saben: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saben, updated 20 October 2026.