Sage Boy & girl
How popular is Sage?
#160 girl name in 2025
1,853 baby girls were named Sage in the US in 2025, making it the 160th most popular girl name. Another 684 boys got the name (#455 for boys).
Sage popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #160 for girls (▼ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,853 girls, 684 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+108% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #369 in 2015, #222 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (2,014 girls) |
| Highest rank | #142 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 32% boys, 68% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sage counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sage family of names ranked #131 for girls in 2025 (#123 the year before), with 2,524 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sage is most popular
Babies named Sage per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Sage by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42 | #4,197 |
| 1970s | 341 | #1,862 |
| 1980s | 487 | #1,697 |
| 1990s | 2,935 | #499 |
| 2000s | 7,262 | #358 |
| 2010s | 8,571 | #279 |
| 2020s | 10,816 | #142 |
Girl names about as popular as Sage
Questions
- Is Sage a boy or girl name?
- Sage is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 32% of babies named Sage were boys and 68% were girls.
- How popular is the name Sage?
- 1,853 baby girls were named Sage in the US in 2025, making it the 160th most popular girl name. Another 684 boys got the name (#455 for boys).
- When was Sage most popular?
- Sage peaked in 2022, when 2,014 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #142 in 2023.
- How many people are named Sage?
- 46,216 babies have been named Sage in the US since 1880. We estimate about 45,772 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Sage most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sage was most common in Wyoming, at 6.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.