# Sage (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sage/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “sedge” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 46,216 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,762 / 30,454 (66% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 640, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage. * As an Irish surname, variant of Savage. * As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege (“sedge”) (see sedge).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 647 | 461 |
| 2012 | 624 | 492 |
| 2013 | 666 | 457 |
| 2014 | 844 | 387 |
| 2015 | 890 | 369 |
| 2016 | 941 | 353 |
| 2017 | 1,049 | 312 |
| 2018 | 1,095 | 305 |
| 2019 | 1,173 | 279 |
| 2020 | 1,319 | 223 |
| 2021 | 1,675 | 177 |
| 2022 | 2,014 | 143 |
| 2023 | 1,961 | 142 |
| 2024 | 1,994 | 146 |
| 2025 | 1,853 | 160 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 261 | 831 |
| 2012 | 326 | 720 |
| 2013 | 322 | 727 |
| 2014 | 408 | 646 |
| 2015 | 403 | 647 |
| 2016 | 528 | 549 |
| 2017 | 632 | 472 |
| 2018 | 693 | 439 |
| 2019 | 673 | 448 |
| 2020 | 682 | 436 |
| 2021 | 731 | 422 |
| 2022 | 828 | 387 |
| 2023 | 758 | 419 |
| 2024 | 781 | 414 |
| 2025 | 684 | 456 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,449 |
| 2021 | 42 | 840 |
| 2022 | 59 | 638 |
| 2023 | 71 | 545 |
| 2024 | 75 | 520 |
| 2025 | 64 | 610 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 32 | 942 |
| 2024 | 35 | 898 |
| 2025 | 33 | 934 |

## People named Sage

- Sage Stallone, American actor, film director, and producer (1976-2012)
- Sage Kotsenburg, American snowboarder
- Sage Watson, Canadian athlete (1994-)
- Sage Brocklebank, Canadian actor
- Sage Karam, American racing driver

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.