Given name & surname
Sabah
“born during the morning hours”
Sabah is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “born during the morning hours.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “born during the morning hours.”
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 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sabah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 529
- 0 boys · 529 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,938 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,938 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 34.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,487 as a first name in 2020; 620 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.
Sabah’s family of names
Sabah has a related form in Saba. Sabah has a related form in Saba. Sabah has a related form in Sabba.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sabah
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabahemir of Kuwait (1929–2020)
- Sabah FakhriSyrian singer (1934–2021)1933–2021
- Sabah SeghirFrench and Moroccan footballerborn 2000
- Sabah Abdul-Jalilassociation football player (2000-)1951–2021
- Sabah NaimEgyptian multimedia artistborn 1967
- Sabah SanhouriSudanese fiction writerborn 1990
- Sabah JeayerIraqi footballerborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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