Sagan
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- SAY-gun
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Sagan is a name. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Sagan mean?
Surname, best known from astronomer Carl Sagan
Associated with Carl Sagan, the American astronomer who presented the 1980 TV series Cosmos.
Is Sagan a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sagan has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Sagan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Sagan, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987. 7 girls were also named Sagan in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Sagan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 23% of the babies named Sagan in the US were girls.
Sagan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 56 | #2,327 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Sagan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Vihaan, Ronan, Avyaan, Declan, Shivansh, Finnegan, Arjan, Ivaan, Kayden, Callan, Krishiv
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sagan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sagan, updated 20 October 2026.