Savage
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAV-ij
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Savage is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wild, untamed”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Savage mean?
English: surname from Old French sauvage
“wild, untamed”
An English surname from Old French sauvage 'wild', ultimately from Latin silvaticus 'of the woods'.
Is Savage a girl's or a boy's name?
Savage is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Savage in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Savage, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Savage in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Savage in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
Names like Savage
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Truce Sincere Suede Ares Syaire Thiago Sevyn Sawyer Cove Kyaire Savior Luca
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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, “Savage: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/savage, updated 20 October 2026.