Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Saba*

#5,022 most common girls' name of all time · #8,505 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1970–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#5,022
Rank overall
#8,505 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,681
Since 2016
300
Peak year
1997 #2,609
Best rank
#2,411 1986
Girls Boys peak 57/yr
198020002020

Saba first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 27 6 33 #4,905
2024 29 — 29 #4,704
2023 23 — 23 #5,438
2022 33 6 39 #4,324
2021 22 — 22 #5,623
2020 23 — 23 #5,368
2019 19 — 19 #6,255
2018 32 7 39 #4,392
2017 32 6 38 #4,418
2016 35 — 35 #4,196
2015 27 — 27 #5,028
2014 24 5 29 #5,500
2013 21 — 21 #6,100
2012 32 — 32 #4,529
2011 26 — 26 #5,264
2010 35 — 35 #4,222
2009 21 8 29 #6,394
2008 29 7 36 #5,064
2007 30 8 38 #4,863
2006 39 — 39 #3,880
2005 44 6 50 #3,429
2004 41 — 41 #3,596
2003 32 — 32 #4,156
2002 38 — 38 #3,559
2001 51 — 51 #2,859
2000 33 — 33 #3,840
1999 41 — 41 #3,170
1998 43 — 43 #2,999
1997 49 8 57 #2,609
1996 36 6 42 #3,274
1995 36 — 36 #3,188
1994 50 5 55 #2,530
1993 31 — 31 #3,543
1992 42 — 42 #2,856
1991 47 5 52 #2,614
1990 32 6 38 #3,415
1989 34 — 34 #3,144
1988 33 — 33 #3,082
1987 33 5 38 #2,959
1986 42 — 42 #2,411
1985 30 — 30 #3,067
1984 27 — 27 #3,212
1983 23 — 23 #3,531
1982 22 — 22 #3,754
1981 17 — 17 #4,488
1980 22 — 22 #3,694
1979 12 — 12 #5,658
1978 18 — 18 #4,046
1977 9 — 9 #6,711
1976 15 — 15 #4,324
1975 11 — 11 #5,441
1974 11 — 11 #5,297
1973 6 — 6 #8,113
1972 9 — 9 #5,894
1970 8 — 8 #6,353