Sable
Sable was the 2717th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 64 babies. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 902nd with 181 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,829 places. More babies were named Sable in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,717 girls, up 2,746 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 64girls
- Girls and boys
- 92% girls, 8% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1986181 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,718babies recorded
Sable popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,717 | #11,749 | 64 | 6 |
| 2020 | #5,463 | — | 23 | — |
| 2010 | #10,333 | — | 11 | — |
| 2000 | #3,207 | — | 43 | — |
| 1990 | #2,023 | — | 67 | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | #5,965 | — | 5 | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Sable, counting every spelling?
Sable has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sable?
64 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sable (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sable born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 131 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sable.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sable?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Sable are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 19 and 37. That makes Sable mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sable by state
How common Sable was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Sable
How popular is the name Sable?
Sable was the 2717th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 64 babies. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 902nd with 181 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,829 places. More babies were named Sable in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Sable a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 92% girls, 8% boys given the name Sable in the US.
Where is Sable most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sable was most common in Florida (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.