How rare is the name Sage?

29,088 people in the United States have the first name Sage, about 1 in 10,383. It ranks #1,275 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAGE

#1,275

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
29,088
About
1 in 10,383
This common or more
73.3%
Who bears it

Of the 29,088 people named Sage, 66.3% reported their origin as White, 11.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.2% as two or more races. 64.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sage peaked in 2022, when 2,842 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19212025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
2,842
In 2025*
2,537 ▼11%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 46,216 babies have been given the name since 1921. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sage by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #262. The largest share of babies named Sage, 55.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#13,8275
1960s#8,75754
1970s#2,488659
1980s#2,367870
1990s#8655,600
2000s#60310,667
2010s#52613,081
2020s#26215,280
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–801.7%
Millennials 1981–968.3%
Generation Z 1997–1234.6%
2013 and later55.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sage is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sage has been most common in Utah (4.3×), Hawaii (3.7×), and Nevada (3.3×), and least common in Mississippi (0.19×).

42,047 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sage

#1,273 Lilia · 29,179#1,274 Brooks · 29,168#1,276 Keri · 29,031#1,277 Maverick · 29,028

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sage, most common first.

#2,908 Saige · 7,835#22,003 Sayge · 456#35,338 Saga · 228#36,185 Saje · 220#41,689 Sagi · 175

Also a last name

As a last name, Sage ranks #3,228 of 156,621, with 10,905 people. See Sage as a last name

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