How Many People Are Named Sage?
people named Sage are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,479 people in the US has this name
Based on 46,216 babies named Sage in Social Security records from 1921 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,842 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sage, 66.1% were girls and 33.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Sage rose from 51.7% in the 1970s to 70.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sage alive today is about 13 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sage first appears in the records in 1921 and was given most often in 2022, to 2,842 babies. In 2025, 2,537 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1921 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sage has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #142, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #160. Among boys, its best rank was #387, in 2022.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #160 | #456 |
| Best rank | #142 (2023) | #387 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #161 in the 2020s | #588 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sage alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sage were born in California than in any other state: about 5,933 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sage was given 5.1 times as often in Hawaii, 4.1 times in Montana and 2.9 times in Utah.
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