Given name & surname · also Greek
Saba
“woman from Sheba”·“born in the morning”
Saba is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “woman from Sheba” and “born in the morning”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “woman from Sheba” and “born in the morning”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,681
- 94 boys · 1,587 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #4,967 for girls · #11,746 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,967 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 51 in 2001. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,040 as a first name in 2020; 3,882 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saba’s family of names
Saba has a related form in Sabah. Saba has a related form in Sabah. Saba has a related form in Sabaa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Savaequivalent
- Savvaequivalent
- Shebaequivalent
- ܣܒܐequivalent
- SèveFrench
- Саваequivalent
- Савваequivalent
- Sawaequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Saba
- Saba LobjanidzeGeorgian association football playerborn 1994
- Saba Anjum KarimIndian field hockey playerborn 1985
- Saba MahmoodAmerican anthropologist, Professor, University of California, Berkeley1961–2018
- Saba HameedPakistani actressborn 1957
- Saba GoglichidzeGeorgian association football player (2004-)
- Saba MubarakJordanian actressborn 1976
- Saba KidaneEritrean journalist, poet and political ativistborn 1978
- Saba ImtiazPakistani writerborn 1950
- Saba KhvadagianiGeorgian footballerborn 2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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