Sable
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAY-bul
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,691 for girls
Sable is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “black; dark fur”. In 2025 it ranked 2,691st for girls in the US (64 babies).
What does Sable mean?
English: English word, via French from Slavic
“black; dark fur”
In heraldry sable means black; the word comes from the Slavic name of the fur-bearing marten.
Is Sable a girl's or a boy's name?
Sable is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Sable in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,691among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were named Sable, making it the 2,691st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 181 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923. 6 boys were also named Sable in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Sable than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Sable in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91% of the babies named Sable in the US were girls.
Sable in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,691 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,165 |
| 1999 | 68 | #2,202 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,428 |
| 1991 | 74 | #1,888 |
| 1990 | 67 | #2,006 |
| 1989 | 156 | #1,077 |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 116 | #1,227 |
| 1986 | 181 | #900 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
Names like Sable
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sage Jade Treasure Sapphire Stevie Essence Savannah Jasmine Serene Ellie Spencer Promise
Names related to Sable
More English names
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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, “Sable: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sable, updated 20 October 2026.