Saige
- Pronunciation
- [Saige]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- "Wise, Healthy."
- Origin
- Latin
About the Name Saige
Saige is a modern American spelling variant of Sage (see separate entry on Sage for the Latin sapere etymology meaning "to be wise" — referring to the herb sage and to the broader concept of wisdom). The -ige spelling Saige is essentially a 21st-century American invention.
The various spellings (Saige, Sage, Sayge) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying name. The Saige spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive feminine form than the simpler Sage. The name has been used predominantly for girls in modern American naming.
Saige's American climb is very recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2010 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. Notable contemporary bearers include various American influencers; the contemporary American basketball player Saige Walker; and the contemporary fictional Saige of various contemporary novels including the 2013 American Girl character Saige Copeland (the American Girl of the Year 2013). The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the in-built wisdom/herb word-register, the modern visual presence as a one-word concept name, and the popular one-syllable structure with the distinctive S-G consonant rhythm. The name reads as distinctly contemporary American. Common nicknames are scarce since the name is already short — the rare Saigy and Saige-bear each occasionally appear; the alternate spellings Saige, Sage (the more popular spelling), and Sayge have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Sauge (French), Salvia (Italian), and the original Latin sapere/salvia.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Saige
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Saige by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2022 with 791 girls named Saige (girl rank #395 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #480 for girls (640 US births). That's 85 places below its 2022 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Saige Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Saige the strongest states are District of Columbia, Louisiana, Utah.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | #173 | 22 |
| 2 | Louisiana | #211 | 231 |
| 3 | Utah | #317 | 130 |
| 4 | Idaho | #346 | 33 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #361 | 299 |
| 6 | Nebraska | #386 | 27 |
| 7 | Maryland | #413 | 159 |
| 8 | Iowa | #419 | 56 |
| 9 | Mississippi | #449 | 54 |
| 10 | Connecticut | #450 | 53 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #877 | 262 |
| 2 | Tennessee | #771 | 51 |
| 3 | Minnesota | #759 | 43 |
| 4 | Illinois | #722 | 114 |
| 5 | Arizona | #699 | 74 |
| 6 | Texas | #681 | 392 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #679 | 66 |
| 8 | Colorado | #675 | 70 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | #669 | 70 |
| 10 | Kentucky | #648 | 42 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Saige in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Saige to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Saige against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).