Boys' name · since 2012
Savage
Savage has 134 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,530 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,758 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 134
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Savage currently ranks #8758 among boys' names in America, with 134 babies recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Savage recorded 134 times among boys since 2012, holding rank #8758 nationally today, ahead of 37% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #15,530 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,758 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 134 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Savage ranks #15,530 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,758 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 134 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,530 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,758 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 134
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Savage's 134 recorded births place it above 65.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Savage compares
134 30th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Savage's all-time total is 64% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Savage | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 134 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Savage's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Savage's full recorded timeline at 2019, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Savage popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Savage by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (69 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Savage's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Savage births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 69 births (51% of all-time use).
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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, 2012–2025 (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 Savage 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.