Sabiha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-BEE-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Sabiha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful, bright-faced”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Sabiha mean?
Arabic: from the root of sabah 'morning'
“beautiful, bright-faced”
Sabiha Gökçen, adopted daughter of Atatürk, is often called the first female fighter pilot; an Istanbul airport bears her name.
Is Sabiha a girl's or a boy's name?
Sabiha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sabiha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,642nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Sabiha, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 28 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Sabiha than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Sabiha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Sabiha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Sabiha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Sabiha, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Sabiha in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabiha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Sabiha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Safiya, Sumayyah, Hafsa, Abeeha, Aaliyah, Hiba, Rahma, Safaa, Halima, Zainab, Habiba
Names related to Sabiha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Sabiha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabiha, updated 20 October 2026.