Sage
For 2025 the count puts Sage at #160 nationwide, right at the top of its own curve. A newer arrival, the national records only pick it up in 1963, with 30,454 bearers to date.
Sage’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Sage, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Sage since 1963
Sage peaked in 2022 at #143; #160 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Sage is most common
Among the states, Sage takes its largest share in Wyoming, 0.99% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Hawaii and District of Columbia next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Sage
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Skylar
#167 in 2025
Sutton
#181 in 2025
Sloane
#141 in 2025
Stetson
#136 in 2025
Stevie
#203 in 2025
Scottie
#126 in 2025
Sawyer
#122 in 2025
Selah
#216 in 2025
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About Sage
How common is Sage today?
For 2025 the count puts Sage at #160 nationwide, right at the top of its own curve. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1963.
What is the recorded meaning of Sage?
No recorded meaning in the references we are allowed to cite, Sage keeps its mystery, and we keep our sourcing rule.
What names go with Sage?
The recipe puts Skylar first, then Sloane, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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