MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Saba mean?
Saba is the gentle east or morning breeze in Arabic and Persian poetic usage. Urdu poetry often makes this breeze a messenger carrying a lover's words.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सबा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Saba in Indian usage
2,215 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (89.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,980 records (89.4%).
- Recorded as male: 235 records (10.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 280 |
| 1980s | 916 |
| 1990s | 883 |
| Other decades | 136 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 1,864 |
| Odisha | 145 |
| Other states | 206 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Saba / F | 18 | 1,639 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Saba; Table_6, C1706 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Saba; Table_6, C1706