girls:
414 births since 1987
#5302 (7th percentile)
boys:
708 births since 1987
#3879 (15th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1987
#6617 (14th percentile)
The name Sagan is the #6,617 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,122 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 14.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,879 (15.4% percentile) for all time with 708 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #5,302 (7.2% percentile) for all time with 414 births since 1987.
Sagan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 . Birth data for Sagan is available in 33 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (29 years for girls and 28 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sagan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 30.8% of babies named Sagan were boys. Interestingly, until around 1997, the name was more popular for girls (96.2% girls from 1987 to 1996), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (71.0% boys from 1997 to 2023).
For boys, Sagan reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #855) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 32 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Sagan ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 13.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Sagan reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 7.4% percentile (ranked #748) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 34 births per million (ranked 7.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sagan ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 30.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sagan".
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