# Gaige (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gaige/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,544 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,417 / 127 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 27, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 9 | 10,728 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16,983 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,777 |
| 2007 | 9 | 11,955 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12,995 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,798 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,692 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,679 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,597 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,318 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,303 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,135 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,129 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,188 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,492 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 223 | 907 |
| 2012 | 205 | 976 |
| 2013 | 172 | 1,085 |
| 2014 | 146 | 1,241 |
| 2015 | 135 | 1,310 |
| 2016 | 123 | 1,419 |
| 2017 | 73 | 1,962 |
| 2018 | 49 | 2,588 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,119 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,602 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4,409 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,024 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,042 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,581 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,181 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |

## 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.