Sabra
- Gender
- Girl
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Sabra is a girls' name, meaning “prickly pear cactus”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Sabra mean?
“prickly pear cactus”
A female given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sabra a girl's or a boy's name?
Sabra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sabra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Sabra, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 155 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sabra in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,700 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,458 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 66 | #2,082 |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,304 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1993 | 65 | #2,085 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,982 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,650 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,901 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,682 |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,690 |
| 1985 | 68 | #1,690 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,812 |
| 1983 | 49 | #2,046 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 59 | #1,848 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,785 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,952 |
| 1976 | 67 | #1,523 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,963 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,881 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,570 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,627 |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,473 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,544 |
| 1969 | 70 | #1,370 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,539 |
| 1967 | 60 | #1,428 |
| 1966 | 62 | #1,396 |
| 1965 | 75 | #1,240 |
| 1964 | 117 | #982 |
| 1963 | 102 | #1,065 |
| 1962 | 136 | #904 |
| 1961 | 155 | #848 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,636 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,719 |
| 1958 | 83 | #1,163 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,587 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,505 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1954 | 58 | #1,299 |
| 1953 | 53 | #1,331 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,367 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,414 |
| 1950 | 49 | #1,301 |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,303 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,385 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,269 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,418 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,417 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,380 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,441 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,162 |
| 1941 | 49 | #1,041 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,132 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 44 | #1,079 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,593 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,244 |
| 1934 | 45 | #1,035 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,130 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,660 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,643 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,169 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,952 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,024 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,007 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,105 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 17 | #642 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 9 | #894 |
| 1887 | 13 | #633 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 10 | #695 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Names like Sabra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Sabra
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, “Sabra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabra, updated 20 October 2026.