Unisex name
Sage
640 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2024. Expression number: 5.
Origin
As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage. As an Irish surname, variant of Savage. As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege (“sedge”) (see sedge).From Wiktionary, entry “Sage”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2024: 110 births. 640 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It is given to girls (69%) as well as boys (31%). It really came into use around 2019. It is still given: 444 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2022: 2,842 births. 46,216 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (66%) as well as boys (34%). It really came into use around 1970. It is still given: 13,279 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
1 + 1 + 7 + 5 = 14 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
1 + 5 = 6
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
1 + 7 = 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.