Tage
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of Danish origin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Tage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Tage has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | 30 |
| 2004 | 29 |
| 2005 | 38 |
| 2006 | 56 |
| 2007 | 70 |
| 2008 | 88 |
| 2009 | 115 |
| 2010 | 123 |
| 2011 | 151 |
| 2012 | 139 |
| 2013 | 189 |
| 2014 | 205 |
| 2015 | 182 |
| 2016 | 256 |
| 2017 | 239 |
| 2018 | 243 |
| 2019 | 256 |
| 2020 | 305 |
| 2021 | 293 |
| 2022 | 317 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 7,205 |
| 2000 | 6,940 |
| 2001 | 6,647 |
| 2002 | 6,374 |
| 2003 | 6,111 |
| 2004 | 5,854 |
| 2005 | 5,608 |
| 2006 | 5,400 |
| 2007 | 5,198 |
| 2008 | 5,032 |
| 2009 | 4,916 |
| 2010 | 4,789 |
| 2011 | 4,703 |
| 2012 | 4,618 |
| 2013 | 4,556 |
| 2014 | 4,560 |
| 2015 | 4,549 |
| 2016 | 4,587 |
| 2017 | 4,641 |
| 2018 | 4,701 |
| 2019 | 4,827 |
| 2020 | 4,949 |
Tage in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Tage.Hi! My name is Tage.
- Tage har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Tage has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Tages mamma är lärare.Tage's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Tages mamma is Tage's mum.
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Questions about Tage
How do you pronounce Tage in Swedish?
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What does the name Tage mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of Danish origin.
How popular is Tage in Sweden?
317 babies were named Tage in 2022. In 2020, 4,949 people in Sweden had Tage as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.