Sage
Top 1000
About Sage
Sage is an evocatively fragrant herbal name that also connotes wisdom, giving it a double advantage. It entered the Top 1000 at about the same time for both genders in the early 1990s, but it has pulled ahead for the girls. Toni Collette named her daughter Sage Florence.
The Greeks and Romans wrote that the smoke from burned sage leaves imparted wisdom, and in the tenth century, Arab physicians said that sage brought about immortality, or at the very least, a long and healthy life.
In Vampire Diaries, Sage is a beautiful vampire possessing super strength and speed.
As of October 2026, Sage ranked #160 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #143 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #135.
Editor's take: The name Sage is a girl's name of English, Latin origin meaning "wise and knowing".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #387 | 844 | 472.5 |
| 2015 | #369 | 889 | 498 |
| 2016 | #353 | 940 | 530.5 |
| 2017 | #312 | 1,049 | 607.6 |
| 2018 | #305 | 1,095 | 643.7 |
| 2019 | #279 | 1,172 | 698.3 |
| 2020 | #223 | 1,318 | 815.3 |
| 2021 | #177 | 1,674 | 1,020.2 |
| 2022 | #143 | 2,013 | 1,227.3 |
| 2023 | #143 | 1,958 | 1,220.3 |
| 2024 | #146 | 1,987 | 1,226.4 |
| 2025 | #160 | 1,853 | 1,152.9 |
World rankings
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Famous Sages
- Sage Marie Steele
American sportscaster
- Sage Kirkpatrick
Czech,American actress
- Sage Walker
American novelist
- Bonnie "Sage" (Humphrey) Robbins
wife of motivational speaker and author Tony Robbins
- Sage Grazer (b. 1988)
daughter of film producer Brian Grazer
- Sage Mellet (b. 1997)
sister of actor and singer Troye Sivan
- Sage Ariel Henriksen (b. 1999)
daughter of actor Lance Henriksen
- Sage Wu (b. 2004)
daughter of actors Allan Wu and Wong Li,Lin
- Sage Florence Gelafassi (b. 2008)
daughter of actress Toni Collette and musician Dale Gelafassi
- Sage Ann Roberts (b. 2011)
daughter of TV journalists John Roberts and Kyra Phillips
- Sage Aurelia Spelling (b. 2011)
daughter of actor Randy Spelling
- Sage Lavinia Huston (b. 2013)
daughter of actor Jack Huston and model Shannan Click
- Sage Jill Cusick (b. 2020)
daughter of dancer Lindsay Arnold Cusick and Samuel Cusick
Sage in pop culture
- Sage Warner Newman
character on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
- Sage Snyder
character on American soap "As the World Turns"
- Sage Spence
character on TV's "Gossip Girl"
- Sage Lund
character on TV's "Lincoln Heights"
- Ophelia "O" Sage
character in 2012's "Savages"
- Sydney Sage
character in the "Vampire Academy" and "Bloodlines" series
- Sage
an evergreen shrub used in both healing and spiritual cleansing
- Sage
character in film "Grandma"