NameTides

Sage

Sage was the #160 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,853 babies), and #610 in England & Wales and #216 in Canada.

Sage as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sage as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIreland
Sage as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#160 (1,853)#610 (64)#474 (6)—#608 (5)#216 (139)
2024#146 (1,994)#520 (75)#790 (3)#407 (3)#441 (8)#220 (132)
2023#142 (1,961)#545 (71)#439 (7)—#727 (4)#187 (145)
2022#143 (2,014)#638 (59)#760 (3)—#905 (3)#227 (128)
2021#177 (1,675)#840 (42)#792 (3)#298 (5)#883 (3)#219 (140)
2020#222 (1,319)#1,449 (21)——#700 (4)#264 (113)
2019#279 (1,173)#1,782 (16)———#365 (88)
2018#305 (1,095)#2,340 (11)———#339 (97)
2017#311 (1,049)#3,229 (7)———#417 (80)
2016#353 (941)#2,367 (11)———#410 (83)
2015#369 (890)#3,615 (6)———#381 (90)
2014#387 (844)#4,003 (5)———#436 (75)
2013#456 (666)#3,160 (7)———#404 (80)
2012#491 (624)#2,969 (8)———#542 (55)
2011#459 (647)————#538 (56)

Sage as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sage as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Sage as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#455 (684)#934 (33)#756 (35)
2024#413 (781)#898 (35)#463 (66)
2023#417 (758)#942 (32)#468 (61)
2022#387 (828)#1,534 (16)#604 (44)
2021#422 (731)#1,448 (17)#477 (61)
2020#436 (682)#2,076 (10)#534 (49)
2019#448 (673)#2,266 (9)#616 (43)
2018#436 (693)#3,412 (5)#450 (62)
2017#472 (632)#2,324 (9)#695 (36)
2016#548 (528)—#729 (35)
2015#646 (403)#4,747 (3)#634 (41)
2014#646 (408)—#724 (34)
2013#725 (322)—#920 (24)
2012#720 (326)#2,721 (7)#608 (40)
2011#830 (261)#3,300 (5)#869 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #146.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.
  • In 2025, 73% of US babies named Sage were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 870 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 870common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sage is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 680 to 1 in 930.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sage by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #73MEWisconsin: #164WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #121NHWashington: #149WAIdaho: #64IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #80NDMinnesota: #202MNIllinois: #188ILMichigan: #177MINew York: #212NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #119ORNevada: #119NVWyoming: #31WYSouth Dakota: #139SDIowa: #199IAIndiana: #172INOhio: #181OHPennsylvania: #160PANew Jersey: #170NJConnecticut: #175CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #158CAUtah: #47UTColorado: #166CONebraska: #182NEMissouri: #185MOKentucky: #227KYWest Virginia: #124WVVirginia: #200VAMaryland: #111MDDelaware: #98DEArizona: #130AZNew Mexico: #143NMKansas: #149KSArkansas: #164ARTennessee: #185TNNorth Carolina: #189NCSouth Carolina: #174SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #128OKLouisiana: #152LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #201ALGeorgia: #158GAHawaii: #36HITexas: #206TXFlorida: #153FL
Sage (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#23552

Sage (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SageCanadaGirls#216139
SageCanadaBoys#75635
SageEngland & WalesGirls#61064
SageEngland & WalesBoys#93433
SageIrelandGirls#6085
SageNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SageNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SageScotlandGirls#4746
SageUSGirls#1601,853
SageUSBoys#455684