Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Sabbath isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sabbath through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 38
- 27 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #10,483 for boys · #16,814 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,483 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2019. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 297 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.
Sabbath’s family of names
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Shebuelshares a root
- Shebnashares a root
- Meshobabshares a root
- Jushab-hesedshares a root
- Joshibiahshares a root
- Jashubi-lehemshares a root
- Jashubshares a root
- Jashobeamshares a root
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