Is Gaines a boy or girl name?

Gaines is a boy’s name. Of the 1,717 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Gaines

Recorded 1882–2025 · United States

Gaines was most popular in 1915, when 32 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,295 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,717 people named Gaines.

Gaines over time

Births per year. The dot marks Gaines’s peak in 1915. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Gaines a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Gaines is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,717 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Gaines

Where Gaines is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Alabama 35.2×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org