Mostly girls · peaked in 2024
Sage name popularity since 1925
46,211 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sage (65.9% girls, 34.1% boys). Half of them were born in 2015 or earlier, so the typical Sage is about 11 years old in 2026. Sage peaked in 2024 as the #146 name for girls, and it ranked #160 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 46,211
- Named Sage, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #160
- for girls in 2025 (1,853 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 65.9% girls
- 30,454 girls · 15,757 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.13× its national share
Peak year is the year Sage made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Sage births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2022. Measured as a share of all babies, Sage peaked in 2024.
- Fastest rise: Between 1990 and 1995, Sage became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 16,500 baby girls to 1 in 6,080.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Sage's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sage.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sage in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 42 | 12 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 341 | 318 | #2,346 |
| 1980s | 487 | 383 | #2,309 |
| 1990s | 2,935 | 2,665 | #716 |
| 2000s | 7,262 | 3,405 | #364 |
| 2010s | 8,571 | 4,510 | #369 |
| 2020–25 | 10,816 | 4,464 | #160 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
55.4% of babies named Sage from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Sage is most popular
The index compares Sage's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sage.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.13× | 1,497 |
| Hawaii | 3.66× | 486 |
| Idaho | 3.10× | 525 |
| Nevada | 3.03× | 460 |
| Montana | 2.88× | 358 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sage's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sage.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sage (2024).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data