Saige — #448 US unisex name
11,476 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.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Saige was born in this single decade.
791 babies were named Saige in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saige
The Social Security Administration has registered 11,476 babies named Saige between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saige currently holds the #448 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 791 babies received it in a single year. Saige is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,097 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saige performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,019 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Saige shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 841 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Saige in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saige 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 11,476 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.
Saige at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Saige popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2022)
- 791
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #448 among girls.
11,476 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 791 births in a single year.
Saige popularity over time — boys
1,097 total births recorded since 1990 (Saige as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Saige accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Saige by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 4,019 births that decade — 35% of Saige's all-time total
Saige decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,019 births
- Runner-up 3,308 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saige's strongest decade
4,019 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Saige by state
Where Saige concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 841 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 793 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 731 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 640 | 5.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 639 | 5.6% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 436 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 431 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Utah | | 415 | 3.6% |
841 of 11,476 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.3% of nationwide
- Texas 6.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.4% of nationwide
- Florida 5.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 44 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Saige appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1984–2024 (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.