Sabre
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- SAY-ber
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Sabre is a name of English origin, meaning “curved sword”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Sabre mean?
English: from the English word sabre, a cavalry sword
“curved sword”
From the English word for a curved cavalry sword, which came into English from French.
Is Sabre a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sabre has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US.
How popular is Sabre in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Sabre, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Sabre in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabre in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
Names like Sabre
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Sabre
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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, “Sabre: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabre, updated 20 October 2026.