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Sabina

A name meaning "a Sabine".

PronunciationItalian /sa.ˈbi.na/; Spanish /sa.ˈβi.na/; Czech /ˈsa.bɪ.na/; Russian /sɐ.ˈbʲi.nə/
Usage languagesAncient Roman, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
US rank (2025)#2,564

Meaning and history

Sabina is the feminine form of Roman Sabinus, Latin for "a Sabine." The Sabines of central Italy were eventually absorbed by Rome after several wars; legend says their abducted women made peace when Sabine men came to rescue them from the Romans. Several early saints bore the name.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 134 births, rank #1,597
2007: 139 births, rank #1,602
2008: 136 births, rank #1,653
2009: 135 births, rank #1,650
2010: 104 births, rank #1,928
20112011: 113 births, rank #1,789
2012: 98 births, rank #1,983
2013: 89 births, rank #2,122
2014: 101 births, rank #1,967
2015: 95 births, rank #2,060
20162016: 107 births, rank #1,890
2017: 94 births, rank #2,074
2018: 105 births, rank #1,900
2019: 71 births, rank #2,482
2020: 76 births, rank #2,317
20212021: 72 births, rank #2,460
2022: 80 births, rank #2,319
2023: 99 births, rank #1,984
2024: 71 births, rank #2,508
20252025: 68 births, rank #2,564

Sabina moved from #877 to #937 for girls between 1924 and 1926. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 105 births.