Sabrina

What Sabrina means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Sabrina yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1997, with 5,816 babies; 956 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Sabrina?

US: Steady: #353 in 2015, #321 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #539 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1997, when 5,816 girls got the name (#53 that year). First in the US records in 1916.

How common

• About 1 in 1,681 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,584 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (2.45 per 1,000 girls), DE (2.22 per 1,000 girls), CT (1.65 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Sabrina is #321 in the US and #413 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Sabrina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Sabirin7 US
• Sabryna5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Sabrina

Girls

• Bridget#724Editor’s note Down from #534 in 2015 to #724 in 2025 in the US
• Briana#661Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,000 babies; 431 in 2025
• Megan#887Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Morgan#312Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #121 in 2015, #312 in 2025
• Jennifer#586Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1972, with 63,600 babies; 501 in 2025
• Jenna#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 6,436 babies; 418 in 2025

For a brother

• Trevor#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1998, with 6,598 babies; 400 in 2025
• Brian#339Same root as Brendan, meaning “prince, king”^*
• Kenneth#294“handsome”^*
• Shawn#681“God is gracious”^*
• Morgan#559Editor’s note Up from #671 in 2015 to #559 in 2025 in the US
• Donald#690“prince / chief of the world”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sabrina’s. Rank is US 2025.