girls:
23 births since 1988
#5693 (0th percentile)
boys:
25 births since 1993
#4561 (0th percentile)
overall:
48 births since 1988
#7691 (1st percentile)
The name Sagen is the #7,691 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 48 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,561 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 25 births since 1993. For girls, it ranks #5,693 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 1988.
Sagen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Sagen is available in 6 out of the 28 years between 1988 and 2015 (4 years for boys and 3 years for girls). 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 Sagen is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2015, 100.0% of babies named Sagen were boys. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1988 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (69.4% boys from 1993 to 2015).
For boys, Sagen reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #823) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
For girls, Sagen reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #801) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sagen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sagen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.7% confident that Sagen is pronounced as SAY-guhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAY-juhn, at 29.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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