Saba

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Saba: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Saba: Recorded since 1966, it reached #233 in 1984, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#233highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#635
1997	#604
1998	#649
1999	#624
2000	#591
2001	#570
2002	#508
2003	#569
2004	#533
2005	#769
2006	#639
2007	#919
2008	#995
2009	#1105
2010	#910
2011	#1327
2012	#1058
2013	#999
2014	#1411
2015	#1452
2016	#1416
2017	#1911
2018	#1586
2019	#1634
2020	#1352
2021	#1628
2022	#2058
2023	#1575
2024	#1819

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 31 of the 38 years from 1966 to 2003.

In 2003: #567 among girls in Norway, #569 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #539 among girls in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2003
Highest recorded position: #233 among girls in Norway, in 1984 (recorded 1966–2003).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Saba appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 250 births with the name.

Saba across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Saba's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#539 (1966)	#233 (1984)	#567 (2003)	31 of 38	250 (1966–2003)	21 (1984)
England and Wales · Girls	#635 (1996)	#508 (2002)	#1819 (2024)	29 of 29	940 (1996–2024)	60 (2004)

Saba by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Saba in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	16	3 of 10	5
1970s	65	9 of 10	7
1980sbusiest	106	10 of 10	11
1990s	47	6 of 10	8
2000s	16	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Saba appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #233 in Norway in 1984.

Saba's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1352	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1416	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1411	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#999	36	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1058	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#910	38	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1105	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#995	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#919	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#639	50	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#769	37	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#533	60	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#569	52	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#508	59	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#570	48	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#591	45	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#624	41	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#649	38	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#604	42	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#635	38	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#567	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#525	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#569	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#576	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#509	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#430	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#445	9	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#442	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#493	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#362	13	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#500	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#405	11	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#456	9	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#498	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#233	21	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#327	13	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#379	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#548	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#540	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#537	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#527	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#358	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#574	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#439	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#402	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#486	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#599	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#393	9	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#474	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#471	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#539	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1966 and 2024, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #233, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 60 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 57 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Saarah · #512, 29y
Saavan · #2901, 13y
Sabah · #359, 28y
Sabeeha · #2278, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Roberta · #234, 57y
Julius · #231, 55y
Lucinda · #238, 56y
Ramona · #227, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Claudine · #232, 28y
Criona · #232, 12y
Delia · #234, 50y
Dudley · #232, 28y

Saba was ranked #233 in Norway · Girls in 1984. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Saba and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Saba without appearing here.

Saba moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1586 and #4684.
Tania Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1327 and #1327 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1058 and #2338.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2058 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1575 and #2689.
Suzanne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #769 and #745 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #639 and #1585.

Moved ahead of Saba

Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1819 and #1160.
Riley Compare
In 2013 they stood at #999 and #1075 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1411 and #763.
Alma Compare
In 2010 they stood at #910 and #1040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1327 and #702.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1628 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2058 and #1452.

Moved the opposite way to Saba

Vanessa Compare
Between 1970 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Saba went from #393 to #567 while Vanessa went from #562 to #193.
Emily Compare
Between 1973 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Saba went from #402 to #567 while Emily went from #529 to #96.
Tara Compare
Between 1973 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Saba went from #402 to #567 while Tara went from #613 to #288.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saba went from #635 to #1819 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.

Moved the same way as Saba

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saba went from #635 to #1819 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saba went from #635 to #1819 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saba went from #635 to #1819 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saba went from #635 to #1819 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #233 in Norway in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saba

Saba at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saba across 2 official records

Saba by decade in Norway · Girls

Saba appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Saba and the names beside it

Saba moved ahead of

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Saba at a glance

Saba across 2 official records

Saba by decade in Norway · Girls

Saba appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Saba

Saba and the names beside it

Saba moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Saba

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