Fun Facts About the Name Saber
- 378 babies named Saber: U.S. records list 378 babies given the name Saber from 1880 through 2025. Even 73 girls received the name Saber - about 1 girl for every 4 boys.
What Does the Name Saber Mean?
Saber stands for two unrelated names that happen to share a spelling. The first is an Arabic given name, Ṣābir (صابر), meaning "patient" or "enduring." It comes from the root ṣ-b-r, which also yields the noun ṣabr, "patience." The same name is used in Persian as Saber (صابر), and it is written Sabir or Sabeer in some Latin-alphabet spellings.
The second source is the English word saber (also spelled sabre), the name of a curved, single-edged sword. English took the word from French sabre, which is traced back through German Sabel to Hungarian szablya; the Hungarian word is often linked to the verb szabni, "to cut," though that link is not certain. Used as a given name in English, Saber is the sword word rather than a form of the Arabic name.
Saber Name History & Origins
The Arabic name Ṣābir shares its root with ṣabr, the virtue of patience and steadfast endurance that runs through the Qur'an and later Islamic writing. It is a long-established given name in Arabic-speaking regions and among Muslim communities in Iran, Turkey, Central Asia, and South Asia, appearing in Latin letters as Saber, Sabir, or Sabeer.
The sword word traveled a separate path. Hungarian szablya passed into German as Sabel and into French as sabre, and English adopted it in the 1600s, keeping the British spelling sabre while American usage settled on saber. Light cavalry such as hussars carried the weapon, and the term became standard military vocabulary.
Because the two names look identical in English, bearers named Saber may owe the spelling to either tradition. The Arabic name and the sword word have no shared origin, and the similar-sounding Sabir, the name of a nomadic people of the Caucasus in late antiquity, is an unrelated ethnonym. In recent Japanese media, Saber is the designation of a character in the Fate series, a modern fictional use that is distinct from both older histories of the name.
How Popular is the Name Saber?
Saber has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2020. Its best rank was #4,997 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #14,904 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #8,438 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #13,229 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #10,424 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #19,021 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #11,166 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #15,234 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #15,265 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #10,255 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #12,566 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,484 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #6,100 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #8,793 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #7,167 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #9,528 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #4,997 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #7,095 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #6,274 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #13,876 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #7,061 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #9,415 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #7,458 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #6,941 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #7,453 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #9,446 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #7,018 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #8,184 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #7,110 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #9,602 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #9,405 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #9,937 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #7,418 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #9,417 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #7,519 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #9,042 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #8,957 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #9,668 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #6,209 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #7,151 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #8,680 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #6,255 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #7,090 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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