How Many People Are Named Sable?
people named Sable are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 205,523 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,718 babies named Sable in Social Security records from 1923 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
181 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word meaning "black", derived from the name of the black-furred mammal native to Northern Asia, ultimately of Slavic origin.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sable, 99% were girls and 1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 92.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sable alive today is about 27 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 17 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sable first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1986, to 181 babies. In 2025, 70 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sable has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #902, in 1986. In 2025 it ranked #2,717.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,717 |
| Best rank | #902 (1986) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,998 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sable alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sable were born in Texas than in any other state: about 124 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sable was given about 2.9 times as often in Texas.
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