Sage**
#627 most common girls' name of all time · #1,156 across all names · 34% male / 66% female · used 1921–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#627
Rank overall
#1,156 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
46,216
Since 2016
22,064
Peak year
2022 #143
Best rank
#142 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 2,842/yr
Sage first appears in 1921. 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 | 1,853 | 684 | 2,537 | #160 |
| 2024 | 1,994 | 781 | 2,775 | #146 |
| 2023 | 1,961 | 758 | 2,719 | #142 |
| 2022 | 2,014 | 828 | 2,842 | #143 |
| 2021 | 1,675 | 731 | 2,406 | #177 |
| 2020 | 1,319 | 682 | 2,001 | #223 |
| 2019 | 1,173 | 673 | 1,846 | #279 |
| 2018 | 1,095 | 693 | 1,788 | #305 |
| 2017 | 1,049 | 632 | 1,681 | #311 |
| 2016 | 941 | 528 | 1,469 | #353 |
| 2015 | 890 | 403 | 1,293 | #369 |
| 2014 | 844 | 408 | 1,252 | #387 |
| 2013 | 666 | 322 | 988 | #457 |
| 2012 | 624 | 326 | 950 | #492 |
| 2011 | 647 | 261 | 908 | #461 |
| 2010 | 642 | 264 | 906 | #471 |
| 2009 | 793 | 299 | 1,092 | #396 |
| 2008 | 692 | 300 | 992 | #457 |
| 2007 | 684 | 322 | 1,006 | #470 |
| 2006 | 767 | 330 | 1,097 | #415 |
| 2005 | 868 | 338 | 1,206 | #364 |
| 2004 | 881 | 310 | 1,191 | #358 |
| 2003 | 748 | 351 | 1,099 | #406 |
| 2002 | 683 | 380 | 1,063 | #427 |
| 2001 | 589 | 383 | 972 | #471 |
| 2000 | 557 | 392 | 949 | #489 |
| 1999 | 521 | 392 | 913 | #502 |
| 1998 | 393 | 360 | 753 | #612 |
| 1997 | 460 | 416 | 876 | #521 |
| 1996 | 337 | 311 | 648 | #660 |
| 1995 | 289 | 254 | 543 | #715 |
| 1994 | 254 | 202 | 456 | #799 |
| 1993 | 212 | 176 | 388 | #908 |
| 1992 | 187 | 193 | 380 | #1,009 |
| 1991 | 167 | 257 | 424 | #1,084 |
| 1990 | 115 | 104 | 219 | #1,376 |
| 1989 | 80 | 51 | 131 | #1,706 |
| 1988 | 67 | 55 | 122 | #1,846 |
| 1987 | 61 | 30 | 91 | #1,885 |
| 1986 | 37 | 40 | 77 | #2,636 |
| 1985 | 44 | 46 | 90 | #2,293 |
| 1984 | 37 | 26 | 63 | #2,531 |
| 1983 | 34 | 28 | 62 | #2,613 |
| 1982 | 51 | 39 | 90 | #2,037 |
| 1981 | 41 | 33 | 74 | #2,387 |
| 1980 | 35 | 35 | 70 | #2,671 |
| 1979 | 46 | 31 | 77 | #2,164 |
| 1978 | 53 | 57 | 110 | #1,873 |
| 1977 | 52 | 34 | 86 | #1,914 |
| 1976 | 38 | 44 | 82 | #2,229 |
| 1975 | 35 | 32 | 67 | #2,330 |
| 1974 | 39 | 24 | 63 | #2,110 |
| 1973 | 21 | 27 | 48 | #3,162 |
| 1972 | 26 | 24 | 50 | #2,708 |
| 1971 | 15 | 22 | 37 | #4,009 |
| 1970 | 16 | 23 | 39 | #3,772 |
| 1969 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #4,518 |
| 1968 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #4,601 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,309 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,267 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,965 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | — |