Unisex name · since 1984
Saige
12,119 babies named Saige in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #480 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,119
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
12,119 babies have been named Saige since 1984, making it today's #480 unisex name.
Saige has 12,119 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #480 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #1,485 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #480 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,119 born since 1984
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saige ranks #1,485 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #480 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,119 born since 1984, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #480 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,119
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saige's 12,119 recorded births place it above 97.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Saige compares
12,119 Top 9% higher than 91% of 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
Saige's all-time total is 32x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saige | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,119 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 791 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saige's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Saige's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 77% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 23%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 791, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Saige popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 791
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Saige popularity over time - boys
1,156 total births recorded since 1990 (Saige as boys' name)
Saige by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (4,020 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Saige's strongest decade.
4,020 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Saige births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 47
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 1,041
1990s
1,041 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,061 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,020 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,950 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 4,020 births (33% of all-time use).
How Saige compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Saige's total volume
Saige by state
Where Saige concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 868 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 844 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 766 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 674 | 5.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 674 | 5.6% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 464 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 460 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Utah | | 428 | 3.5% |
868 of 12,119 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Saige appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Saige's data
- Saige's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (4,020 total births) through the 2020s (3,950) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Saiges (868 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 Saige: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Saige 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.