Sabriel
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- SAB-ree-el
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Sabriel is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Sabriel mean?
Modern: literary name
Best known as the heroine of Sabriel (1995), the first of Garth Nix's Old Kingdom fantasy novels.
Is Sabriel a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sabriel has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Sabriel in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004. 6 boys were also named Sabriel in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Sabriel in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabriel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
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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, “Sabriel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabriel, updated 20 October 2026.