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.

Sable

#4,939 most common girls' name of all time · #8,376 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1923–2025

Rank among girls
#4,939
Rank overall
#8,376 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,718
Since 2016
305
Peak year
1986 #901
Best rank
#901 1986
Girls Boys peak 181/yr
19401960198020002020

Sable first appears in 1923. 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 64 6 70 #2,696
2024 27 5 32 #4,916
2023 25 5 30 #5,147
2022 28 — 28 #4,815
2021 30 — 30 #4,536
2020 23 — 23 #5,339
2019 28 — 28 #4,799
2018 22 — 22 #5,641
2017 21 — 21 #5,866
2016 21 — 21 #6,018
2015 16 — 16 #7,313
2014 15 — 15 #7,709
2013 16 — 16 #7,437
2012 20 — 20 #6,381
2011 5 — 5 #17,034
2010 11 — 11 #9,882
2009 16 — 16 #7,736
2008 14 — 14 #8,590
2007 18 — 18 #7,148
2006 14 — 14 #8,310
2005 18 — 18 #6,580
2004 21 — 21 #5,780
2003 17 — 17 #6,629
2002 34 — 34 #3,834
2001 26 — 26 #4,586
2000 43 — 43 #3,178
1999 68 — 68 #2,207
1998 65 — 65 #2,196
1997 35 — 35 #3,317
1996 29 — 29 #3,747
1995 35 — 35 #3,244
1994 38 — 38 #3,057
1993 39 — 39 #3,005
1992 53 — 53 #2,443
1991 74 — 74 #1,900
1990 67 — 67 #2,016
1989 156 — 156 #1,081
1988 88 — 88 #1,524
1987 116 — 116 #1,230
1986 181 — 181 #901
1985 12 — 12 #5,765
1984 7 — 7 #8,342
1956 7 — 7 #5,077
1950 5 — 5 #5,723
1949 5 — 5 #5,707
1941 6 — 6 #4,308
1938 6 — 6 #4,223
1936 6 — 6 #4,093
1927 6 — 6 #4,744
1923 5 — 5 #5,706