Sabah Popularity by Year
Follow Sabah across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Sabah birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 7 | #11,932 | Up 1,545 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 6 | #13,477 | Down 2,308 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 8 | #11,169 | Up 2,423 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 6 | #13,592 | Down 1,386 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 7 | #12,206 | Down 1,956 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 9 | #10,250 | Down 514 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 10 | #9,736 | Down 585 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 11 | #9,151 | Up 1,538 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 9 | #10,689 | Down 2,296 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 13 | #8,393 | Up 2,473 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 9 | #10,866 | Up 2,203 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 7 | #13,069 | Down 4,033 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 12 | #9,036 | Up 1,393 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 10 | #10,429 | Down 55 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 10 | #10,374 | Down 1,673 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 13 | #8,701 | Up 1,274 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 11 | #9,975 | Up 3,857 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Down 3,014 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 10 | #10,818 | Down 917 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 11 | #9,901 | Down 449 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 11 | #9,452 | Down 2,375 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 16 | #7,077 | Up 3,348 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 9 | #10,425 | Down 2,981 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 14 | #7,444 | Up 1,907 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 10 | #9,351 | Down 3,414 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 18 | #5,937 | Down 276 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 18 | #5,661 | Up 699 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 15 | #6,360 | Down 734 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 17 | #5,626 | Down 1,043 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 22 | #4,583 | Up 2,458 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 12 | #7,041 | Down 1,328 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 16 | #5,713 | Up 909 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 13 | #6,622 | Down 904 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 16 | #5,718 | Up 535 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 14 | #6,253 | Down 418 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 15 | #5,835 | Up 696 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 12 | #6,531 | Down 1,691 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 17 | #4,840 | Up 3,147 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 8 | #7,987 | Down 424 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 8 | #7,563 | Down 753 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 9 | #6,810 | Down 1,926 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 14 | #4,884 | Up 5,527 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | Down 3,622 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 9 | #6,789 | Up 2,863 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 5 | #9,652 | Down 1,668 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 6 | #7,984 | Down 2,208 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 9 | #5,776 | Up 1,240 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 5 | #7,016 | — |