Sage
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning wise one.
How Sage has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #369 |
| 2016 | #353 |
| 2017 | #310 |
| 2018 | #305 |
| 2019 | #279 |
| 2020 | #222 |
| 2021 | #178 |
| 2022 | #144 |
| 2023 | #143 |
| 2024 | #146 |
| 2025 | #160 |
Sage by the numbers
In 2025, 64 babies in England and Wales were named Sage. In the US, 1,669 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 2,300 American babies born that year was called Sage.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sage. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Sage
Names that are said the same way as Sage, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Saije5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Sage, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Sage
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