Given name & surname
Sable
“one who is sleek”
Sable is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who is sleek.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who is sleek.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sable through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,718
- 16 boys · 1,702 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 181 babies
- 2025
- 70
- #2,717 for girls · #11,749 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +65%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 64 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,717 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 51.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 181 in 1986. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Florida and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,376 as a first name in 2020; 1,406 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.
Sable’s family of names
In English usage, Sable as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with SOBAL. Sable has a related form in Sabella. Sable has a related form in Sabel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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