Baby name meaning

Sage

Wise or the herb · Latin or English origin

Meaning & origin

Sage is a female name of Latin or English origin, meaning “Wise or the herb”.

How popular is Sage?

In England & Wales, Sage ranked #524 among girls' names in 2024, with 75 babies given the name — up from #4562 in 2014. That is its best showing in the England & Wales series, which begins in 1996. Sage first appears in the England & Wales data in 2001.

In the United States, Sage was the #223 girls' name in the 2020 data — its best showing in the US series, which samples one year per decade from 1880. It first charted in the US series in 1970.

At #524 (England & Wales) and #223 (US), Sage sits well outside the mainstream — a rare pick on both sides of the Atlantic.

Sage — popularity rank over timePopularity rank of the girls' name Sage over time, lower rank number = more popular. England and Wales annual rank 2001 to 2024. United States rank sampled one year per decade, 1970 to 2020.#1#10#100#1,000#10,000197019801990200020102024US 1970: #3,837US 1980: #2,692US 1990: #1,380US 2000: #489US 2010: #471US 2020: #223England & Wales 2024: #524United StatesEngland & Wales
Sage’s popularity rank over time — England & Wales annual rank (solid) and United States rank sampled once per decade (dashed), #1 at the top. Log scale: each gridline is 10× the rank above it.
Sage in England & Wales: rank and births in sampled years, plus its peak year. Source: ONS ‘Baby names in England and Wales’.
YearE&W rankBirths
2010#3,4627
2015#4,0236
2020#1,49521
2024#52475

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