Sagan
Sagan was the 5572nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2206th with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,224 places. More babies were named Sagan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,572 boys, down 1,934 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17boys
- Girls and boys
- 30% girls, 70% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201863 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,176babies recorded
Sagan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,945 | #5,572 | 7 | 17 |
| 2020 | #9,437 | #3,638 | 11 | 30 |
| 2010 | #16,586 | #3,881 | 6 | 27 |
| 2000 | #12,868 | #4,350 | 7 | 18 |
| 1990 | #7,751 | — | 11 | — |
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How popular is Sagan, counting every spelling?
Sagan has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sagan?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sagan (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Sagan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sagan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sagan?
About 700 people born in the US named Sagan are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 7 and 16. That makes Sagan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sagan by state
How common Sagan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Sagan
How popular is the name Sagan?
Sagan was the 5572nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2206th with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,224 places. More babies were named Sagan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Sagan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 30% girls, 70% boys given the name Sagan in the US.
Where is Sagan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sagan was most common in Texas (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.