Saga — #6280 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Saga

The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Saga between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saga currently holds the #6280 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saga performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saga shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saga in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saga in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 161 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.