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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gage has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| 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 | |
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| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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| 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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First appearance
1914
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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- North Dakota#156 · 1 in 441
- Hawaii#241 · 1 in 685
- West Virginia#292 · 1 in 1,170
- Minnesota#329 · 1 in 1,397
- Nebraska#339 · 1 in 1,270
Best ever in a state: #36 in Wyoming, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #156 | 8 | 1 in 441 |
| Hawaii | #241 | 5 | 1 in 685 |
| West Virginia | #292 | 6 | 1 in 1,170 |
| Minnesota | #329 | 18 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Nebraska | #339 | 7 | 1 in 1,270 |
| Kansas | #381 | 9 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Ohio | #391 | 28 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Pennsylvania | #398 | 27 | 1 in 2,054 |
| Idaho | #406 | 5 | 1 in 1,603 |
| Kentucky | #411 | 10 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Louisiana | #425 | 12 | 1 in 1,811 |
| Wisconsin | #425 | 12 | 1 in 2,027 |
| Tennessee | #434 | 17 | 1 in 2,108 |
| Indiana | #436 | 16 | 1 in 2,047 |
| Iowa | #456 | 7 | 1 in 2,008 |
| South Carolina | #463 | 9 | 1 in 2,251 |
| Arkansas | #483 | 6 | 1 in 2,166 |
| Connecticut | #495 | 5 | 1 in 2,795 |
| Oregon | #501 | 7 | 1 in 2,271 |
| Arizona | #508 | 13 | 1 in 2,509 |
| Colorado | #513 | 10 | 1 in 2,583 |
| Virginia | #517 | 14 | 1 in 2,793 |
| Texas | #536 | 56 | 1 in 3,056 |
| Missouri | #537 | 10 | 1 in 2,854 |
| Georgia | #553 | 17 | 1 in 2,963 |
| Michigan | #580 | 13 | 1 in 3,305 |
| North Carolina | #659 | 13 | 1 in 3,926 |
| New Jersey | #682 | 9 | 1 in 4,506 |
| Oklahoma | #704 | 5 | 1 in 3,591 |
| Florida | #721 | 20 | 1 in 4,638 |
| Illinois | #723 | 12 | 1 in 4,492 |
| California | #728 | 36 | 1 in 5,261 |
| Maryland | #804 | 5 | 1 in 4,990 |
| Washington | #973 | 5 | 1 in 6,680 |
| New York | #984 | 12 | 1 in 7,428 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
89 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2003 at #136 (2,939 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 672
- Highest: 1 in 672 boys born in 2003 were named Gage (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,268 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 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 2021
boys
#565
499 births · 1 in 3,506 boys
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 3,506 of them was named Gage, which outranked 96.0% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).