Sagan**
#4,350 most common boys' name of all time · #10,678 across all names · 64% male / 36% female · used 1987–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,350
Rank overall
#10,678 of 105,966
First appeared
1987
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
1,176
Since 2016
507
Peak year
2018 #2,207
Best rank
#2,207 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 83/yr
Sagan first appears in 1987. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #5,489 |
| 2024 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #4,496 |
| 2023 | 18 | 8 | 26 | #9,233 |
| 2022 | 9 | 35 | 44 | #3,386 |
| 2021 | 12 | 42 | 54 | #2,954 |
| 2020 | 11 | 30 | 41 | #3,612 |
| 2019 | 12 | 36 | 48 | #3,237 |
| 2018 | 20 | 63 | 83 | #2,207 |
| 2017 | 25 | 55 | 80 | #2,373 |
| 2016 | 26 | 51 | 77 | #2,505 |
| 2015 | 24 | 56 | 80 | #2,348 |
| 2014 | 18 | 38 | 56 | #3,023 |
| 2013 | 17 | 45 | 62 | #2,657 |
| 2012 | 12 | 26 | 38 | #3,968 |
| 2011 | 12 | 31 | 43 | #3,484 |
| 2010 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #5,686 |
| 2008 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #5,644 |
| 2007 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #7,875 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #7,181 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #6,779 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,031 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #6,818 |
| 2001 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #5,568 |
| 2000 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #4,344 |
| 1999 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #5,541 |
| 1998 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,580 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,004 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1991 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1990 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1989 | 17 | — | 17 | — |
| 1988 | 65 | — | 65 | — |
| 1987 | 19 | 5 | 24 | #7,924 |