# Gage (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gage/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “measure”, “pledge” |
| Pronunciation | /ɡeɪd͡ʒ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 61,055 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 60,809 / 246 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 354, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An occupational surname from Middle English gage, guage (“measure”) for an assayer, or gage (“pledge”) for a moneylender.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14 | 7,967 |
| 2005 | 16 | 7,252 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10,858 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,149 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10,312 |
| 2009 | 11 | 10,209 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,691 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,469 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,613 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,652 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,239 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,147 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,001 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,385 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,138 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,508 | 154 |
| 2012 | 2,274 | 172 |
| 2013 | 2,156 | 188 |
| 2014 | 1,945 | 202 |
| 2015 | 1,541 | 242 |
| 2016 | 1,303 | 279 |
| 2017 | 1,049 | 326 |
| 2018 | 845 | 381 |
| 2019 | 753 | 410 |
| 2020 | 629 | 475 |
| 2021 | 499 | 565 |
| 2022 | 430 | 641 |
| 2023 | 361 | 731 |
| 2024 | 303 | 824 |
| 2025 | 235 | 973 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 18 | 1,135 |
| 2006 | 16 | 1,280 |
| 2007 | 19 | 1,201 |
| 2008 | 12 | 1,706 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Gage

- Gage Golightly, American actress
- Gage Munroe, Canadian actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.