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Sabina

Gender
Girl
Say it
sa-BEE-na
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#2,344 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,564 for girls

Sabina is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “Sabine woman”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 2,564th for girls in the US (68 babies).

What does Sabina mean?

Latin

“Sabine woman”

Latin for a Sabine woman; the Sabines were an ancient people of central Italy who lived alongside early Rome.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Sabina a girl's or a boy's name?

Sabina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 68 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sabina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,344among girls
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Sabina, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 41 girls.

Half of all the girls named Sabina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 41 in 19972025
Sabina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202512#2,344
20249#2,832
202316#1,873
202218#1,730
202122#1,491
202016#1,864
201918#1,729
201826#1,335
201718#1,763
201619#1,724
201524#1,431
201420#1,596
201331#1,188
201220#1,615
201125#1,335
201026#1,299
200925#1,285
200824#1,293
200726#1,170
200616#1,614
200523#1,172
200417#1,399
200326#997
200226#962
200124#995
200034#755
199935#738
199832#789
199741#683
199639#674

How popular is Sabina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,564among girls
Babies in 2025
68about 1 in 24,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 68 girls in the US were named Sabina, making it the 2,564th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,317th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 140 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Sabina than any year since 1988.

Half of all the girls named Sabina in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 140 in 20052025
Sabina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202568#2,564
202471#2,508
202399#1,984
202280#2,319
202172#2,460
202076#2,317
201971#2,482
2018105#1,900
201794#2,074
2016107#1,890
201595#2,060
2014101#1,967
201389#2,122
201298#1,983
2011113#1,789
2010104#1,928
2009135#1,650
2008136#1,653
2007139#1,602
2006134#1,597
2005140#1,494
2004124#1,585
2003120#1,604
2002127#1,492
2001126#1,488
2000108#1,630
199988#1,801
199895#1,673
1997119#1,404
199690#1,683
199582#1,757
1994102#1,517
199382#1,772
199276#1,851
199180#1,773
199071#1,934
198996#1,493
198856#2,066
198778#1,590
198648#2,169
198552#2,047
198443#2,265
198347#2,096
198252#1,991
198160#1,830
198060#1,805
197951#1,998
197861#1,707
197763#1,661
197663#1,585
197559#1,640
197442#1,999
197357#1,607
197261#1,526
197145#1,906
197075#1,389
196972#1,338
196884#1,177
196788#1,119
196653#1,532
196557#1,463
196465#1,393
196374#1,280
196257#1,476
196149#1,611
196047#1,636
195952#1,498
195843#1,629
195754#1,441
195643#1,616
195529#1,977
195437#1,676
195325#2,070
195218#2,501
195123#2,063
195023#2,001
194928#1,806
194825#1,900
194738#1,524
194627#1,722
194528#1,542
194419#1,966
194327#1,624
194237#1,325
194132#1,355
194027#1,477
193930#1,350
193829#1,382
193733#1,255
193622#1,593
193529#1,356
193425#1,481
193322#1,606
193234#1,237
193135#1,227
193045#1,101
192945#1,094
192846#1,115
192739#1,261
192664#931
192550#1,074
192474#868
192376#838
192283#798
192175#853
192090#769
191980#789
1918105#702
191791#735
191696#700
191579#747
191458#759
191348#758
191247#729
191138#704
191015#1,171
190920#909
190820#882
190725#749
190613#1,043
190516#926
190415#938
190312#1,027
190214#936
19016#1,466
190020#833
189919#728
189815#886
189714#867
189615#843
189521#685
189418#697
189310#955
189216#726
189118#624
189011#825
188919#589
188811#793
188713#633
188611#693
188510#695
18848#793
18836#817
18825#908
18815#830
18806#738

Names like Sabina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Emma Emily Sophie Anna Eliza Lydia Francesca Lucy Stella Serena Ella Sarah

Names related to Sabina

Sabine

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Every Latin name

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, “Sabina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabina, updated 20 October 2026.