Girls' name · since 1996
Saga
178 babies named Saga in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,698 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Saga currently ranks #6698 among girls' names in America, with 178 babies recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Saga recorded 178 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #6698 nationally today, ahead of 61% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #21,035 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,698 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 178 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saga ranks #21,035 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,698 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 178 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,698 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Saga's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Saga compares
178 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Saga's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saga | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saga's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Saga splits its recorded history at 2016: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Saga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Saga by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (81 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Saga's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Saga births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 81 births (46% of all-time use).
Saga by state
Where Saga concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 5.6% |
10 of 178 births nationwide.
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What to do with Saga's data
- California records the most Sagas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Saga: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Saga draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.