Sabino
Of Spanish origin, meaning whitish or from the brownish-white coat color of some horses.
Name Census estimates that about 1,332 living Americans carry the first name Sabino. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Sabino today is around 41 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Sabino births was 2001 (30 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Sabino. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
1.3K
~ 1 in 257,323 Americans
Peak year
2001
30 babies that year
Average age
41
years old
2024 SSA rank
#10,681
Tracked since 1910
Census
Sabino in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 3,592 people with the first name Sabino, which placed it at #4,949 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#4,949
National first-name rank
People counted
3.6K
3,592 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
1.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
88.7% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Sabino
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Sabino is Hispanic at 88.7%. The next largest groups are White (8.4%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (2.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Sabino described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Sabino at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino88.7% · 3,185
- White8.4% · 300
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.0% · 72
- Black or African American0.8% · 30
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.1% · 3
- Two or more races0.1% · 2
Popularity
Sabino: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Sabino from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 242 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Sabino by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Sabino during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Sabinos live
The SSA's state-level files cover 5 states and territories. Texas, California, New York recorded the most babies named Sabino, while New Mexico, Colorado, New York recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 143 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Sabino
The given name Sabino has its origins in Latin, deriving from the ancient Roman family name Sabinus. This name is believed to have emerged during the Roman Republic period, around the 5th century BC. The word "Sabinus" itself is thought to be associated with the Sabine tribe, an Italic people who inhabited the central Apennine regions of ancient Italy.
In ancient Roman history, the legend of the Rape of the Sabine Women played a significant role in the founding of Rome. According to this myth, the early Romans abducted women from the Sabine tribe to obtain wives and establish families. This event is mentioned in several ancient texts, including Livy's "Ab Urbe Condita" and Plutarch's "Life of Romulus."
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Sabino can be found in the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus, who mentioned a man named Sabinus in his work "Historiae." Another notable bearer of this name was Gaius Calvisius Sabinus, a Roman senator and consul who lived during the 1st century AD.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have carried the name Sabino. In the 4th century AD, there was Saint Sabino, a bishop of Canosa in southern Italy, who is venerated as a martyr in the Catholic Church. During the Renaissance period, Sabino degli Aringhieri (1459-1529) was an Italian humanist scholar and poet.
In the 19th century, Sabino Berthelot (1794-1880) was a French military officer and historian who served during the Napoleonic Wars. Sabino Arana Goiri (1865-1903) was a Basque nationalist and the founder of the Basque Nationalist Party in Spain.
Another prominent figure with this name was Sabino Joaquim Anunciação (1879-1963), a Brazilian writer and journalist who played a significant role in the Modernist movement in Brazilian literature.
While the name Sabino has ancient Roman roots, it has been used across various cultures and regions over the centuries, reflecting its enduring appeal and historical significance.
People
Sabino + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Sabino as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with S
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Sabino: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sabino?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,332 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Sabino going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 257,323 US residents.
Is Sabino a common name?
We classify Sabino as "Rare". It ranks above 91.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,877 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Sabino most popular?
The single biggest year for Sabino was 2001, when 30 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Sabino is about 41 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Sabino in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 3,592 people with the name Sabino, or 1.19 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #4,949 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Sabino in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Sabino?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Sabino appears almost entirely male. Of the 3,591 people counted with this name, 99.4% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Sabino?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Sabino is Hispanic at 88.7%. The next largest groups are White (8.4%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (2.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Sabino most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Sabino in the 2020 Census, accounting for 88.7% (3,185 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Sabino in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Sabino a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Sabino in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Sabino still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Sabino in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Sabino can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Sabino?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.