Gage
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #973 for boys in 2025, 235 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 2,939 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 60,809since 1914
Gage over time
Rank among boys' names. Gage has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #973 | 235 | |
| 2024 | — | #824 | 303 | |
| 2023 | — | #731 | 361 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #641 | 430 |
| 2021 | — | #565 | 499 | |
| 2020 | — | #475 | 629 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #410 | 753 |
| 2018 | — | #381 | 845 | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #325 | 1,049 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #279 | 1,303 |
| 2015 | — | #242 | 1,541 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #202 | 1,945 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #188 | 2,156 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #172 | 2,274 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #154 | 2,508 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #152 | 2,564 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #141 | 2,886 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #146 | 2,854 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #149 | 2,741 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #154 | 2,689 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #151 | 2,702 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #145 | 2,756 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #136 | 2,939 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | #140 | 2,746 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #144 | 2,759 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #166 | 2,348 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #178 | 1,955 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #169 | 1,998 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #193 | 1,702 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #202 | 1,541 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #203 | 1,499 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #228 | 1,286 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #283 | 991 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #335 | 757 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #319 | 809 |
| 1990 | — | #359 | 667 | |
| 1989 | — | #755 | 171 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,373 | 57 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,400 | 52 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,363 | 52 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,181 | 63 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,481 | 42 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,680 | 17 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,379 | 20 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,748 | 29 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,036 | 20 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
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| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
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| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
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| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Gage! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gage is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#58 · 1 in 187
- North Dakota#59 · 1 in 185
- Idaho#59 · 1 in 219
- Wyoming#63 · 1 in 188
- Maine#64 · 1 in 193
Best ever in a state: #36 in Wyoming, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #58 | 22 | 1 in 187 |
| Idaho | #59 | 40 | 1 in 219 |
| North Dakota | #59 | 18 | 1 in 185 |
| Wyoming | #63 | 11 | 1 in 188 |
| Maine | #64 | 26 | 1 in 193 |
| Iowa | #65 | 68 | 1 in 233 |
| Oklahoma | #67 | 81 | 1 in 265 |
| Missouri | #74 | 110 | 1 in 304 |
| Montana | #75 | 18 | 1 in 222 |
| Nebraska | #78 | 39 | 1 in 266 |
| Utah | #80 | 77 | 1 in 299 |
| Ohio | #81 | 189 | 1 in 331 |
| Kansas | #83 | 59 | 1 in 284 |
| West Virginia | #84 | 33 | 1 in 260 |
| Indiana | #85 | 110 | 1 in 340 |
| Arkansas | #92 | 43 | 1 in 349 |
| Nevada | #93 | 42 | 1 in 342 |
| Alaska | #94 | 12 | 1 in 290 |
| Michigan | #95 | 130 | 1 in 380 |
| Minnesota | #99 | 73 | 1 in 400 |
| New Hampshire | #99 | 15 | 1 in 340 |
| Vermont | #99 | 7 | 1 in 274 |
| Louisiana | #102 | 62 | 1 in 404 |
| Kentucky | #111 | 56 | 1 in 418 |
| Pennsylvania | #117 | 115 | 1 in 540 |
| Colorado | #121 | 61 | 1 in 471 |
| Tennessee | #125 | 70 | 1 in 519 |
| Wisconsin | #129 | 52 | 1 in 552 |
| Washington | #140 | 66 | 1 in 560 |
| Oregon | #147 | 35 | 1 in 552 |
| Alabama | #150 | 38 | 1 in 636 |
| Arizona | #152 | 67 | 1 in 596 |
| North Carolina | #153 | 79 | 1 in 681 |
| South Carolina | #154 | 31 | 1 in 700 |
| New Mexico | #157 | 19 | 1 in 558 |
| Delaware | #159 | 6 | 1 in 629 |
| Virginia | #166 | 52 | 1 in 811 |
| Texas | #170 | 250 | 1 in 746 |
| Florida | #175 | 110 | 1 in 866 |
| Georgia | #176 | 74 | 1 in 798 |
| Illinois | #176 | 85 | 1 in 854 |
| Hawaii | #180 | 7 | 1 in 658 |
| Mississippi | #181 | 18 | 1 in 828 |
| Maryland | #182 | 33 | 1 in 871 |
| Connecticut | #253 | 11 | 1 in 1,390 |
| California | #264 | 167 | 1 in 1,450 |
| New York | #298 | 61 | 1 in 1,766 |
| Massachusetts | #306 | 17 | 1 in 1,827 |
| New Jersey | #408 | 17 | 1 in 2,624 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gage
- 149 spots since 2024 (#824 → #973)
- 498 spots since 2020 (#475 → #973)
- 731 spots since 2015 (#242 → #973)
- Biggest jump: 618 spots in 1989 (#1,373 → #755)
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 2025 (#824 → #973)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2003 at #136 (2,939 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
- Highest: 1 in 672 boys born in 2003 were named Gage (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,268 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 45.1% of all boys named Gage (27,420) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,177 (1916) | #3,221 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,252 (1922) | #4,009 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,518 (1937) | #3,534 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,298 (1949) | #3,429 |
| 1950s | 29 | #3,066 (1951) | #3,622 |
| 1960s | 29 | #2,900 (1961) | #3,374 |
| 1970s | 177 | #1,748 (1976) | #2,643 |
| 1980s | 498 | #755 (1989) | #1,942 |
| 1990s | 13,205 | #169 (1998) | #247 |
| 2000s | 27,420 | #136 (2003) | #147 |
| 2010s | 16,938 | #152 (2010) | #251 |
| 2020s | 2,457 | #475 (2020) | #702 |
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.
Gage in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 167,010 of them was named Gage, which outranked 50.6% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,379Zuzu12
- #9,379Zyiah12
- #9,379Zyniah12
- #9,975Gage11
- #9,975Aamani11
- #9,975Aanika11
- #9,975Aariona11
- #10,679Aalaya10
- #10,679Aaliyan10
- #10,679Aaria10
Tied with 703 names at #9,975; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 687 of them was named Gage, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.