girl's name
Sabine
sa-BEEN
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 68,084
Sabine names a people rather than a quality — the Sabines were an Italic tribe Rome absorbed early, and the abduction of their women is one of Rome's founding stories. The United States now ranks it above France.
- Sabine is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1971, when 3,680 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 58,952 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.
Sabine over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 335 |
| 1910s | 305 |
| 1920s | 745 |
| 1930s | 910 |
| 1940s | 1,380 |
| 1950s | 6,025 |
| 1960s | 22,580 |
| 1970s | 23,365 |
| 1980s | 6,315 |
| 1990s | 1,530 |
| 2000s | 405 |
| 2010s | 110 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 40 |
What Sabine means
Sabine means a woman of the Sabine people. It is an ethnic byname rather than a description, so it records origin and nothing about character.
Where Sabine comes from
Sabine is the French form of the Latin Sabina, a woman of the Sabines — an Italic people living north-east of Rome whom the city absorbed in its earliest period. Livy tells of Romulus's men seizing Sabine women to secure wives, and of the women later placing themselves between the two armies to stop the war. The Sabine language is barely attested, which is why several Roman names of Sabine origin, Tatius among them, cannot be translated.
Sabine in use
Sabine peaked in France in 1971, when 3,680 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It charts in four of the seven markets we track — 2143rd in the United States on 87 births, 2350th in Canada, 3028th in France on 10 and 3198th in England and Wales on 8 — across 68,084 lifetime births. The United States ranks it above France, which is not what a French name usually does.
How popular is Sabine?
In 2025, Sabine was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Sabine is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Sabine
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Sabine also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Sabine over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sabine in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Sabine
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sabine — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Sabine
What does the name Sabine mean?
A woman of the Sabine people, an Italic tribe absorbed by early Rome.
What is the story of the Sabine women?
Livy has Romulus's men seize them for wives; the women later stopped the resulting war by standing between the armies.
Is Sabine related to Sabrina?
No — Sabrina is the Latin name of the River Severn and unrelated.
How popular is Sabine?
2143rd in the United States and 3028th in France.
Is Sabine a girl's or a boy's name?
Sabine is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Sabine?
Sabine has 2 syllables.
Is Sabine a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Sabine currently ranks #2,143 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.