Recorded 1993–2015 Unisex name Peak 2003 25 births

Sagen — boys' name

25 babies named Sagen in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s142010s6
2000s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Sagen was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

7 babies were named Sagen in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sagen

The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Sagen between 1993 and 2015, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sagen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Sagen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 23 additional births since 1988.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sagen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sagen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sagen 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 25 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.

Sagen at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

25

Since 1993

23 years of records

Peak year

2003

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1993

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2015

Sagen popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1993

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2003)
7
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2015200720031993 5

Sagen popularity over time — girls

23 total births recorded since 1988 (Sagen as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 23 births
468101214 201120031988 12

Sagen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
14 births that decade — 56% of Sagen's all-time total
1990s52000s142010s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sagen?
25 babies have been named Sagen since 1993. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2003 with 7 births.
When was Sagen most popular?
Sagen was most popular in the 2000s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Is Sagen a unisex name?
Yes, Sagen is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 25 births, and as a girl's name it has 23 births.
How long has the name Sagen been used?
Sagen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 23 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Sagen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sage, Sagar, Sagan, Sager. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.