Recorded 1914–2025 · United States
Paige was most popular in 2003, when 5,763 American babies were given the name — ranking #122 that year. In 2025 it ranked #723, with 884 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 148,069 people named Paige.
Paige first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 112 of the 112 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 148,069 American births named Paige 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 144,621 are estimated to be alive today.
884 American babies were named Paige in 2025, ranking #723 that year.
Paige is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 930 births a year, against 2,604 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -64% 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 Paige is a girl’s name — 99.1% of the 148,069 Americans given it were girls and 0.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 1939 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 144,621 Americans named Paige are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 26 years old, and half are between 19 and 33.
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.
Old French · "young attendant"
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