Saga
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-ga
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Saga is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “story, tale”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Saga mean?
Old Norse: name of a Norse goddess; also the word saga 'story'
“story, tale”
In Norse mythology Saga is a goddess who drinks with Odin in her hall Sokkvabekkr.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Saga a girl's or a boy's name?
Saga is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saga in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Saga, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Saga in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
How popular is Saga in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Saga, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Saga in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saga in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Saga
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Saanvi Anvika Arya Saanvika Aadhya Viha Aavya Shanvi Krisha Sharvi Saavi
Names related to Saga
More Old Norse names
Freya Ronnie Ralph Eric Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saga: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saga, updated 20 October 2026.