Sabah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sabah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #359 in 2001, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#359highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#422
1997	#425
1998	#431
1999	#394
2000	#366
2001	#359
2002	#406
2003	#472
2004	#618
2005	#718
2006	#796
2007	#836
2008	#699
2009	#865
2010	#988
2011	#1327
2012	#2095
2013	#1774
2014	#1702
2015	#1711
2016	#2757
2017	#2706
2018	#3518
2019	#2286
2020	#4535
2022	#3533
2023	#3598
2024	#3695

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 England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #422 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #359 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sabah by decade in England and Wales · 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 Sabah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	299	4 of 10	75
2000sbusiest	591	10 of 10	59
2010s	155	10 of 10	16
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 59 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sabah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #359 in England and Wales in 2001.

Sabah'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#988	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#865	39	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#699	51	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#836	38	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#796	38	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#718	42	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#618	49	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#472	70	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#406	81	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#359	93	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#366	90	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#394	82	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#431	71	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#425	71	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#422	75	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #359, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 93 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
93births registered in its largest year, 200150 to 99 births →

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.

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Sabeeha · #2278, 23y
Sabella · #3583, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Rajan · #359, 29y
Aqib · #358, 29y
Montgomery · #362, 29y
Asim · #364, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Neave · #359, 29y
Rajan · #359, 29y
Riya · #359, 29y
Alanis · #358, 29y

Sabah was ranked #359 in England and Wales · Girls in 2001. 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.

Sabah 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 Sabah without appearing here.

Sabah moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Shauna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #3178 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #4001.
Tyler Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #4001.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Sabah

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Mona Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2042.
Selma Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2163.

Moved the opposite way to Sabah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sabah went from #422 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sabah went from #422 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sabah went from #422 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sabah went from #422 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sabah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sabah went from #422 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sabah went from #422 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sabah went from #422 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sabah went from #422 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #359 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sabah

Sabah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sabah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sabah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sabah at a glance

Sabah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sabah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sabah

Sabah and the names beside it

Sabah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sabah

Moved the opposite way to Sabah

Moved the same way as Sabah