Gaines
- #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,717since 1882
Gaines over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gaines has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,045 | 19 |
| 2024 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #5,470 | 17 |
| 2022 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #4,362 | 23 |
| 2020 | #3,497 | 31 |
| 2019 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #3,793 | 28 |
| 2017 | #4,105 | 25 |
| 2016 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1949 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,440 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,445 | 21 |
| 1944 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,275 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,272 | 27 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,225 | 29 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,458 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #1,434 | 27 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Gaines! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gaines is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,424 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #5,045)
- 1,548 spots since 2020 (#3,497 → #5,045)
- 13 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #5,045)
- Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1896
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1885 at #936 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1882–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,928
- Highest: 1 in 19,928 boys born in 1896 were named Gaines (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #936 in 1885, was only 1 in 21,560 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 13.9% of all boys named Gaines (239) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #936 (1885) | #940 |
| 1890s | 26 | #982 (1896) | #1,042 |
| 1900s | 19 | #1,050 (1900) | #1,146 |
| 1910s | 183 | #1,141 (1915) | #1,433 |
| 1920s | 239 | #1,293 (1927) | #1,580 |
| 1930s | 217 | #1,225 (1936) | #1,584 |
| 1940s | 202 | #1,275 (1940) | #1,601 |
| 1950s | 171 | #1,434 (1950) | #1,929 |
| 1960s | 94 | #2,042 (1960) | #2,929 |
| 1970s | 49 | #2,973 (1971) | #3,991 |
| 1980s | 50 | #3,601 (1981) | #5,251 |
| 1990s | 58 | #5,501 (1995) | #7,002 |
| 2000s | 94 | #5,434 (2007) | #7,978 |
| 2010s | 187 | #3,681 (2016) | #5,349 |
| 2020s | 118 | #3,497 (2020) | #5,120 |
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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