Gadge

Peak · boys
2001 · 14 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
159
since 1993

Gadge over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gadge has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,142, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2012#10,7706
2011#9,6007
2010#7,08711
2009#7,69210
2008#12,5535
2007#6,26213
2006#5,30316
2005#7,6409
2004#11,3565
2003#5,55813
2002#8,4567
2001#5,14214
2000#9,1126
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First appearance
1993

The first year at least five boys were named Gadge! It came in at #8,700, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1999, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Gadge is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Gadge in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1993
  • Peaked 2001 at #5,142 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 128,455
  • Highest: 1 in 128,455 boys born in 2006 were named Gadge (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 316,158 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #5,142 in 2001, was only 1 in 138,777 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 61.6% of all boys named Gadge (98) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s37#6,992 (1995)#7,883
2000s98#5,142 (2001)#7,907
2010s24#7,087 (2010)#9,152

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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