Girls' name · since 1994
Sagal
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 260 babies named Sagal, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,237 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,669 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 260
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sagal currently ranks #15669 among girls' names in America, with 260 babies recorded since 1994.
Sagal has 260 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15669 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #17,237 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,669 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 260 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sagal ranks #17,237 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,669 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 260 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,237 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,669 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 260
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sagal's 260 recorded births place it above 76.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
How Sagal compares
260 42nd 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
Sagal's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sagal | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 260 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sagal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sagal's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sagal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Sagal by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Sagal's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Sagal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (37% of all-time use).
Sagal by state
Where Sagal concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 30 | 11.5% |
30 of 260 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sagal's data
- Sagal's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Minnesota records the most Sagals (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sagal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Sagal 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.