girls:
6 births since 1999
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
703 births since 1917
#3884 (15th percentile)
overall:
709 births since 1917
#7030 (9th percentile)
The name Sabin is the #7,030 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 709 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 9.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,884 (15.3% percentile) for all time with 703 births since 1917. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1999.
Sabin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1999 for girls). Birth data for Sabin is available in 57 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (57 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sabin has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Sabin reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #783) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Despite a low point around 2013, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Sabin ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 49.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Sabin reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #885) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sabin".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sabin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.2% confident that Sabin is pronounced as SAY-bihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SA-bihn, at 11.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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