Paige
#346 for girls in 2025, 884 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 99.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2003 · 5,758 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 21 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 146,734since 1915
Paige over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #346 | 884 | — | |
| 2024 | #378 | 827 | — | |
| 2023 | #354 | 863 | — | |
| 2022 | #316 | 1,013 | — | |
| 2021 | #300 | 1,064 | — | |
| 2020 | #276 | 1,137 | — | |
| 2019 | #226 | 1,376 | — | |
| 2018 | #213 | 1,454 | — | |
| 2017 | #179 | 1,700 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #149 | 2,056 | — | |
| 2015 | #140 | 2,293 | — | |
| 2014 | #134 | 2,416 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #128 | 2,575 | — | |
| 2012 | #106 | 2,914 | — | |
| 2011 | #107 | 2,819 | — | |
| 2010 | #100 | 3,012 | — | |
| 2009 | #98 | 3,413 | — | |
| 2008 | #89 | 3,647 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #89 | 3,796 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #77 | 4,267 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #60 | 4,906 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #51 | 5,441 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #47 | 5,758 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #51 | 5,470 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #71 | 4,274 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #69 | 4,609 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #67 | 4,717 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #63 | 4,976 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #64 | 5,030 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #65 | 5,342 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #58 | 5,733 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #63 | 5,208 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #60 | 5,612 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #64 | 5,305 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #76 | 4,516 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #79 | 4,113 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #124 | 2,392 | #2,545 | 25 |
| 1988 | #151 | 1,860 | #2,090 | 30 |
| 1987 | #171 | 1,637 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | #281 | 878 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #330 | 723 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #375 | 607 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #379 | 587 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #393 | 587 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #377 | 611 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #450 | 474 | — | |
| 1979 | #510 | 389 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #511 | 365 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #523 | 352 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #478 | 384 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #454 | 418 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #415 | 475 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #428 | 456 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #408 | 483 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #384 | 594 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #343 | 761 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #331 | 734 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #330 | 695 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #308 | 788 | #1,853 | 18 |
| 1966 | #317 | 788 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #407 | 521 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #422 | 537 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #430 | 510 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #418 | 548 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #526 | 345 | #1,948 | 18 |
| 1960 | #743 | 188 | #1,692 | 23 |
| 1959 | #909 | 132 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #898 | 130 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #1,051 | 98 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #944 | 114 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #967 | 105 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #1,000 | 95 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #1,034 | 87 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #893 | 107 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,050 | 78 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #1,393 | 44 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #1,313 | 49 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,255 | 52 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,042 | 66 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Paige! It came in at #2,900, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1919, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Paige is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Vermont#20 · 1 in 85
- South Dakota#23 · 1 in 101
- Iowa#24 · 1 in 127
- Maine#26 · 1 in 116
- Michigan#28 · 1 in 167
Best ever in a state: #10 in Wyoming, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #20 | 21 | 1 in 85 |
| South Dakota | #23 | 30 | 1 in 101 |
| Iowa | #24 | 108 | 1 in 127 |
| Maine | #26 | 38 | 1 in 116 |
| Michigan | #28 | 307 | 1 in 167 |
| Kansas | #29 | 82 | 1 in 160 |
| Montana | #29 | 22 | 1 in 126 |
| Minnesota | #31 | 158 | 1 in 158 |
| Utah | #33 | 86 | 1 in 193 |
| Pennsylvania | #34 | 329 | 1 in 176 |
| Wisconsin | #35 | 154 | 1 in 164 |
| Ohio | #36 | 331 | 1 in 186 |
| Missouri | #37 | 149 | 1 in 196 |
| North Dakota | #38 | 19 | 1 in 137 |
| Nebraska | #40 | 44 | 1 in 182 |
| Delaware | #47 | 19 | 1 in 164 |
| Idaho | #48 | 28 | 1 in 214 |
| Oregon | #52 | 69 | 1 in 236 |
| Illinois | #53 | 254 | 1 in 275 |
| Indiana | #53 | 142 | 1 in 234 |
| Wyoming | #55 | 8 | 1 in 150 |
| Louisiana | #57 | 82 | 1 in 269 |
| Washington | #60 | 98 | 1 in 298 |
| Alaska | #62 | 12 | 1 in 196 |
| Maryland | #62 | 82 | 1 in 292 |
| Oklahoma | #62 | 60 | 1 in 278 |
| New Jersey | #64 | 137 | 1 in 303 |
| West Virginia | #65 | 30 | 1 in 242 |
| Arkansas | #67 | 41 | 1 in 287 |
| New York | #70 | 272 | 1 in 367 |
| Massachusetts | #71 | 101 | 1 in 311 |
| New Hampshire | #71 | 18 | 1 in 265 |
| Rhode Island | #77 | 16 | 1 in 259 |
| Connecticut | #79 | 46 | 1 in 333 |
| Kentucky | #80 | 61 | 1 in 329 |
| Arizona | #82 | 82 | 1 in 371 |
| Colorado | #84 | 62 | 1 in 372 |
| Hawaii | #84 | 12 | 1 in 291 |
| Nevada | #92 | 26 | 1 in 355 |
| District of Columbia | #103 | 10 | 1 in 342 |
| Florida | #106 | 152 | 1 in 492 |
| Tennessee | #115 | 61 | 1 in 502 |
| North Carolina | #117 | 75 | 1 in 567 |
| Texas | #121 | 277 | 1 in 531 |
| Virginia | #121 | 61 | 1 in 563 |
| New Mexico | #132 | 18 | 1 in 450 |
| California | #156 | 305 | 1 in 718 |
| Georgia | #161 | 58 | 1 in 788 |
| South Carolina | #167 | 23 | 1 in 738 |
| Alabama | #169 | 27 | 1 in 781 |
| Mississippi | #193 | 14 | 1 in 843 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Paige
- 32 spots since 2024 (#378 → #346)
- 70 spots since 2020 (#276 → #346)
- 206 spots since 2015 (#140 → #346)
- Biggest jump: 217 spots in 1961 (#743 → #526)
- Biggest drop: 141 spots in 1953 (#893 → #1,034)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2003 at #47 (5,758 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1990–2010
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1958–2025
- Highest: 1 in 307 girls born in 1995 were named Paige (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,818 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- Its best rank, #47 in 2003, was only 1 in 317 (0.32%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 34.5% of all girls named Paige (50,552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 9 | #2,900 (1915) | #2,900 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,762 (1921) | #3,647 |
| 1930s | 74 | #1,881 (1939) | #3,373 |
| 1940s | 367 | #1,042 (1946) | #1,482 |
| 1950s | 988 | #893 (1952) | #1,016 |
| 1960s | 5,654 | #308 (1967) | #423 |
| 1970s | 4,677 | #343 (1970) | #445 |
| 1980s | 10,356 | #124 (1989) | #303 |
| 1990s | 50,552 | #58 (1995) | #66 |
| 2000s | 45,581 | #47 (2003) | #70 |
| 2010s | 22,615 | #100 (2010) | #148 |
| 2020s | 5,788 | #276 (2020) | #328 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Paige in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 376 of them was named Paige, which outranked 99.6% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 174,559 of them was named Paige, which outranked 51.3% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,317Zakk12
- #5,317Zamar12
- #5,317Zaven12
- #5,656Paige11
- #5,656Aaran11
- #5,656Aarion11
- #5,656Adeeb11
- #6,042Abdon10
- #6,042Abdulkareem10
- #6,042Abdurahman10
Tied with 385 names at #5,656; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.