Sage
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Sage for girls#160 US
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.
Sage for boys#456 US
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 #160 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #143 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #122.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #387 | 844 | #646 | 408 |
| 2015 | #369 | 889 | #647 | 403 |
| 2016 | #353 | 940 | #549 | 528 |
| 2017 | #312 | 1,049 | #472 | 632 |
| 2018 | #305 | 1,095 | #438 | 693 |
| 2019 | #279 | 1,172 | #449 | 671 |
| 2020 | #223 | 1,318 | #436 | 681 |
| 2021 | #177 | 1,674 | #422 | 730 |
| 2022 | #143 | 2,013 | #387 | 825 |
| 2023 | #143 | 1,958 | #416 | 757 |
| 2024 | #146 | 1,987 | #413 | 779 |
| 2025 | #160 | 1,853 | #456 | 684 |
World rankings
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Famous Sages
- Sage Marie SteeleGirl
American sportscaster
- Sage KirkpatrickGirl
Czech,American actress
- Sage WalkerGirl
American novelist
- Bonnie "Sage" (Humphrey) RobbinsGirl
wife of motivational speaker and author Tony Robbins
- Sage Grazer (b. 1988)Girl
daughter of film producer Brian Grazer
- Sage Mellet (b. 1997)Girl
sister of actor and singer Troye Sivan
- Sage Ariel Henriksen (b. 1999)Girl
daughter of actor Lance Henriksen
- Sage Wu (b. 2004)Girl
daughter of actors Allan Wu and Wong Li,Lin
- Sage Florence Gelafassi (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of actress Toni Collette and musician Dale Gelafassi
- Sage Ann Roberts (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of TV journalists John Roberts and Kyra Phillips
- Sage Aurelia Spelling (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of actor Randy Spelling
- Sage Lavinia Huston (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of actor Jack Huston and model Shannan Click
- Sage Jill Cusick (b. 2020)Girl
daughter of dancer Lindsay Arnold Cusick and Samuel Cusick
- Sage Jamen RosenfelsBoy
American football player
- Sage BrocklebankBoy
Canadian actor
- Sage Cullen KotsenburgBoy
American snowboarder
- Sage Monroe NorthcuttBoy
American mixed martial artist
- Paul William "Sage" FrancisBoy
American rapper
- Sage CorreaBoy
American actor
- Sage ReynoldsBoy
Canadian jazz bassist
- Sage Moonblood StalloneBoy
American director; son of actor Sylvester Stallone
- Sage Gold MarshallBoy
son of actress Tracey Gold & Roby Marshall
- Sage Moonblood StalloneBoy
American actor
Sage in pop culture
- Sage Warner NewmanGirl
character on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
- Sage SnyderGirl
character on American soap "As the World Turns"
- Sage SpenceGirl
character on TV's "Gossip Girl"
- Sage LundGirl
character on TV's "Lincoln Heights"
- Ophelia "O" SageGirl
character in 2012's "Savages"
- Sydney SageGirl
character in the "Vampire Academy" and "Bloodlines" series
- SageGirl
an evergreen shrub used in both healing and spiritual cleansing
- SageGirl
character in film "Grandma"
- SageBoy
character in "The False Prince" by Jennifer A. Nielsen
- SageBoy
character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
- SageBoy
character from web series "RWBY"
- Judge SageBoy
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series