Fun Facts About the Name Tage
- 616 babies named Tage: U.S. records list 616 babies given the name Tage from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Tage Mean?
Tage is a Scandinavian masculine name, used mainly in Denmark and Sweden. It goes back to the Old Norse word tág, which means a slender shoot, twig, or long root of a tree. The name is generally thought to have started as an Old Norse nickname, Tagi, given to a thin or tall person, and it is usually translated simply as "shoot" or "twig." Because the earliest stage of the name is a nickname, the exact sense is not fully certain, and some accounts connect it instead with a word for a spike or point. The resemblance to the modern Danish verb tage ("to take") is coincidental; the name does not come from that verb.
Tage Name History & Origins
Tage belongs to the group of Old Norse nicknames that became fixed personal names. A form of Tagi appears in Danish use in the medieval period, and for several centuries the name remained chiefly Danish, with a parallel but thinner presence in Norway. In Sweden it was uncommon until the 1800s, and its wider Swedish use belongs to the 1900s.
Well-known bearers show how the name moved through public life in the twentieth century: the Swedish politician Tage Erlander (1901 - 1985) served as prime minister from 1946 to 1969, and Tage Danielsson (1928 - 1985) was a Swedish author, actor, and filmmaker. The name is also long established in Denmark, where it is still given, though it is uncommon in English-speaking countries.
How Popular is the Name Tage?
Tage has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #3,127 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,303 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2024 | #4,161 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2023 | #3,462 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 2022 | #6,115 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #8,083 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #6,985 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #5,529 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #4,336 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #4,913 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #5,105 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #6,274 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #5,232 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #6,966 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #4,837 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #5,911 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #3,797 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2009 | #4,904 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #4,520 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2007 | #3,127 | 37 | 0.0018% |
| 2006 | #4,086 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #4,170 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #4,250 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #3,961 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2002 | #4,471 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #5,631 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #5,868 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #5,279 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #4,838 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #6,549 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #4,845 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #6,297 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #9,976 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #7,160 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #5,451 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #6,743 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #5,356 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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