Sage
Sage is ranked 146th among girls in 2024 (1,987 births). Its best rank was 143rd, in 2022–2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #146down 3 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,9870.12% of girls
- Peak year
- 20222,013 births
- Best rank
- #143first in 2022
- Since 1963
- 43,653people given the name
The story in the numbers
28,585 girls have been named Sage in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 2,013 births — 0.12% of all girls recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2020s alone account for 31%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Sage is used for both sexes: 35% of its bearers are boys (15,068), most of them born around 2022.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Sage was the 143rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Sage
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Delanipeak 2024
- Saigepeak 2022
- Ayahpeak 2024
- Bayanpeak 2024
- Arlettpeak 2024
- Alizahpeak 2022
- Giuliapeak 2022
- Aspenpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.