# Gauge (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gauge/  
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 | 4,821 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,821 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 298 | 759 |
| 2012 | 311 | 744 |
| 2013 | 319 | 731 |
| 2014 | 280 | 812 |
| 2015 | 253 | 880 |
| 2016 | 213 | 969 |
| 2017 | 174 | 1,111 |
| 2018 | 121 | 1,448 |
| 2019 | 93 | 1,702 |
| 2020 | 88 | 1,753 |
| 2021 | 74 | 2,008 |
| 2022 | 47 | 2,764 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,369 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,725 |
| 2025 | 26 | 4,073 |

## 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.