girls:
26.6k births since 1963
#875 (85th percentile)
boys:
14.3k births since 1921
#976 (79th percentile)
overall:
40.9k births since 1921
#1227 (84th percentile)
The name Sage is the #1,227 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 40,851 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 84.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #875 (84.7% percentile) for all time with 26,575 births since 1963. For boys, it ranks #976 (78.7% percentile) for all time with 14,276 births since 1921.
Sage first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (1921 for boys and 1963 for girls). Birth data for Sage is available in 60 out of the 103 years between 1921 and 2023 (59 years for girls and 57 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 Sage has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (65.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 72.2% of babies named Sage were girls. Interestingly, until around 1963, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1921 to 1962), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (65.1% girls from 1963 to 2023).
For girls, Sage reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 85.4% percentile (ranked #141) with 1,121 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 1,121 births per million (ranked 85.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sage is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #140 (85.3% percentile) with 1,112 births per million.
For boys, Sage reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 60.9% percentile (ranked #362) with 439 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 439 births per million (ranked 60.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sage ranks #388 for boys (57.5% percentile) with 410 births per million, which is 93.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sage".
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