Saige
Saige is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Saige
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Saige is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Saige
As a girl name
Saige first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1984, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 791 births, good for #395 nationwide. About 37% of every Saige on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Saige ranks #387 for girls with 788 births, rising sharply (+51% over the past five years). All told, over 13K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Saige first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1990, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 72 births, good for #2,094 nationwide. About 35% of every Saige on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Saige ranks #2,094 for boys with 72 births, rising sharply (+60% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Saige
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Names that sound like Saige
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About the name Saige
Saige is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Saige's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #387. Use the chart and map above to compare Saige's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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