Sage
2025 SSA
About Sage
A modern, multifaceted name, Sage is short, sweet, and strong. A unisex possibility, it is also a virtuous word name associated with wisdom, and a nature name linked to a fragrant herb.
Currently, Sage leans more feminine in the US, but around a third of all Sages born in a recent year were boys. Across the pond in the UK, Sage is one of the fastest rising boy names.
Pronounced SAYJ.
As of October 2026, Sage ranked #456 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #387 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #279.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #646 | 408 | 212.4 |
| 2015 | #647 | 403 | 210.3 |
| 2016 | #549 | 528 | 278.2 |
| 2017 | #472 | 632 | 341.4 |
| 2018 | #438 | 693 | 381.6 |
| 2019 | #449 | 671 | 374 |
| 2020 | #436 | 681 | 394.5 |
| 2021 | #422 | 730 | 417.3 |
| 2022 | #387 | 825 | 472.5 |
| 2023 | #416 | 757 | 442.5 |
| 2024 | #413 | 779 | 452.1 |
| 2025 | #456 | 684 | 400.5 |
World rankings
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Sage on lists
Famous Sages
- Sage Jamen Rosenfels
American football player
- Sage Brocklebank
Canadian actor
- Sage Cullen Kotsenburg
American snowboarder
- Sage Monroe Northcutt
American mixed martial artist
- Paul William "Sage" Francis
American rapper
- Sage Correa
American actor
- Sage Reynolds
Canadian jazz bassist
- Sage Moonblood Stallone
American director; son of actor Sylvester Stallone
- Sage Gold Marshall
son of actress Tracey Gold & Roby Marshall
- Sage Moonblood Stallone
American actor
Sage in pop culture
- Sage
character in "The False Prince" by Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Sage
character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
- Sage
character from web series "RWBY"
- Judge Sage
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
Variations & nicknames
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