How Many People Are Named Sabah?
An estimated 507 people in the United States have the first name Sabah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Sabah peaked in popularity in 1996 with 22 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sabah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Sabah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
507
About 1 in 676,044 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
1996
22 births
Total Registered
522
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sabah
Sabah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 522 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sabah as a female name
Ranked #14,902 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 1996 (22 births)
Sabah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sabah span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 158 babies were registered. Sabah has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Sabah by Decade
How has Sabah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Sabah by State
Sabah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sabah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sabah
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sabah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sabah?
We estimate approximately 507 people named Sabah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 676,044 Americans share this first name.
Is Sabah a common name?
Sabah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 522 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sabah most popular?
Sabah reached peak popularity in 1996, when 22 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sabah is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sabah a female name?
Sabah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sabah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sabah Smith, Sabah Johnson, Sabah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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