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How popular is “Saba” in the USA?

Number of people named “Saba” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Saba” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Saba” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Saba” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Saba” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Saba” by birth year

This chart shows how “Saba” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1970 8 0.000002218 8 100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 100%
1980 22 0.000006387 22 100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 100%
1985 30 0.000008405 30 100%
1986 42 0.000011807 42 100%
1987 38 0.000010539 33 5 74%
1988 33 0.000008931 33 100%
1989 34 0.000008844 34 100%
1990 38 0.000009614 32 6 68%
1991 52 0.00001335 47 5 81%
1992 42 0.000010934 42 100%
1993 31 0.000008222 31 100%
1994 55 0.000014794 50 5 82%
1995 36 0.00000983 36 100%
1996 42 0.000011516 36 6 71%
1997 57 0.000015721 49 8 72%
1998 43 0.00001169 43 100%
1999 41 0.000011099 41 100%
2000 33 0.00000873 33 100%
2001 51 0.000013624 51 100%
2002 38 0.000010165 38 100%
2003 32 0.000008416 32 100%
2004 41 0.00001073 41 100%
2005 50 0.000013004 44 6 76%
2006 39 0.000009858 39 100%
2007 38 0.000009506 30 8 58%
2008 36 0.000009159 29 7 61%
2009 29 0.000007591 21 8 45%
2010 35 0.00000947 35 100%
2011 26 0.000007108 26 100%
2012 32 0.000008749 32 100%
2013 21 0.00000576 21 100%
2014 29 0.000007824 24 5 66%
2015 27 0.000007295 27 100%
2016 35 0.00000954 35 100%
2017 38 0.000010626 32 6 68%
2018 39 0.000011092 32 7 64%
2019 19 0.000005474 19 100%
2020 23 0.000006885 23 100%
2021 22 0.000006494 22 100%
2022 39 0.000011528 33 6 69%
2023 23 0.000006946 23 100%
2024 29 0.000008713 29 100%

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