Recorded 1989–2025 · United States
Gaige was most popular in 2007, when 288 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,694 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,544 people named Gaige.
Gaige first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1989, which makes it about 36 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 37 of the 37 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,544 American births named Gaige between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,476 are estimated to be alive today.
8 American babies were named Gaige in 2025, ranking #18,449 that year.
Gaige is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 20 births a year, against 183 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -89% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Gaige is a boy’s name — 2.8% of the 4,544 Americans given it were girls and 97.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 4% girls and 96% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,476 Americans named Gaige are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 15 and 24. That is a narrow band: Gaige arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org