Sabrina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-BREE-na
- Origin
- Celtic
- UK rank, 2025
- #437 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #321 for girls
Sabrina is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 437th for girls in the UK (102 babies) and 321st for girls in the US (956 babies).
What does Sabrina mean?
Celtic: Latin form of the British river name Severn
The Roman name for the River Severn; in legend Sabrina was a princess drowned in the river, who became its nymph.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sabrina a girl's or a boy's name?
Sabrina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 102 girls in the UK and 956 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sabrina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #437among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 102about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 102 girls in the UK were named Sabrina, making it the 437th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 581st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 276 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sabrina than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Sabrina in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 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 413th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Sabrina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | #437 |
| 2024 | 95 | #471 |
| 2023 | 79 | #534 |
| 2022 | 81 | #530 |
| 2021 | 95 | #492 |
| 2020 | 74 | #581 |
| 2019 | 80 | #558 |
| 2018 | 66 | #669 |
| 2017 | 94 | #508 |
| 2016 | 67 | #678 |
| 2015 | 83 | #566 |
| 2014 | 67 | #655 |
| 2013 | 112 | #426 |
| 2012 | 87 | #538 |
| 2011 | 97 | #482 |
| 2010 | 100 | #470 |
| 2009 | 97 | #466 |
| 2008 | 106 | #439 |
| 2007 | 89 | #487 |
| 2006 | 79 | #522 |
| 2005 | 89 | #458 |
| 2004 | 104 | #394 |
| 2003 | 102 | #397 |
| 2002 | 95 | #387 |
| 2001 | 124 | #319 |
| 2000 | 168 | #271 |
| 1999 | 183 | #254 |
| 1998 | 192 | #246 |
| 1997 | 255 | #193 |
| 1996 | 276 | #176 |
How popular is Sabrina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #321among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 956about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 956 girls in the US were named Sabrina, making it the 321st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 388th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 5,816 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Sabrina than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Sabrina in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabrina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 956 | #321 |
| 2024 | 872 | #357 |
| 2023 | 776 | #396 |
| 2022 | 761 | #413 |
| 2021 | 790 | #400 |
| 2020 | 804 | #388 |
| 2019 | 788 | #390 |
| 2018 | 737 | #426 |
| 2017 | 740 | #432 |
| 2016 | 881 | #369 |
| 2015 | 926 | #353 |
| 2014 | 1,009 | #333 |
| 2013 | 1,132 | #281 |
| 2012 | 1,191 | #273 |
| 2011 | 1,230 | #261 |
| 2010 | 1,433 | #219 |
| 2009 | 1,512 | #214 |
| 2008 | 1,824 | #184 |
| 2007 | 1,729 | #197 |
| 2006 | 1,795 | #196 |
| 2005 | 1,979 | #169 |
| 2004 | 2,190 | #149 |
| 2003 | 2,398 | #137 |
| 2002 | 2,533 | #135 |
| 2001 | 2,921 | #116 |
| 2000 | 3,470 | #92 |
| 1999 | 3,650 | #88 |
| 1998 | 4,608 | #68 |
| 1997 | 5,816 | #53 |
| 1996 | 5,774 | #58 |
| 1995 | 3,534 | #95 |
| 1994 | 3,384 | #97 |
| 1993 | 3,322 | #97 |
| 1992 | 2,949 | #112 |
| 1991 | 2,905 | #115 |
| 1990 | 2,722 | #118 |
| 1989 | 2,572 | #116 |
| 1988 | 2,437 | #116 |
| 1987 | 2,543 | #109 |
| 1986 | 2,313 | #120 |
| 1985 | 2,267 | #128 |
| 1984 | 2,306 | #122 |
| 1983 | 2,554 | #111 |
| 1982 | 2,369 | #128 |
| 1981 | 2,497 | #120 |
| 1980 | 2,779 | #113 |
| 1979 | 2,870 | #106 |
| 1978 | 3,350 | #91 |
| 1977 | 4,305 | #63 |
| 1976 | 1,855 | #146 |
| 1975 | 1,327 | #190 |
| 1974 | 1,325 | #192 |
| 1973 | 1,601 | #172 |
| 1972 | 1,880 | #152 |
| 1971 | 2,418 | #133 |
| 1970 | 3,569 | #107 |
| 1969 | 1,944 | #166 |
| 1968 | 1,638 | #193 |
| 1967 | 2,628 | #133 |
| 1966 | 940 | #275 |
| 1965 | 789 | #320 |
| 1964 | 879 | #314 |
| 1963 | 884 | #314 |
| 1962 | 884 | #315 |
| 1961 | 885 | #308 |
| 1960 | 983 | #294 |
| 1959 | 859 | #316 |
| 1958 | 860 | #309 |
| 1957 | 913 | #301 |
| 1956 | 956 | #281 |
| 1955 | 1,121 | #245 |
| 1954 | 137 | #801 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Names like Sabrina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francesca Alisha Summer Halima Jessica Khadija Serena Safiya Safa Alana Amira Salma
Other spellings of Sabrina
Names related to Sabrina
Sabreen Sabrin Sabirin Sabrine Zabrina Sabreena Sebrina Sabrena Sabrinna
More Celtic names
Arthur Imogen Gael Harvey Alan Tristan Vienna Lana Alaina Alanna Bryce Devon Arturo Alannah Cedric Clyde
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, “Sabrina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabrina, updated 20 October 2026.