Gaige
Gaige was the 9181st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 782nd with 279 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,871 places. More babies were named Gaige in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Gage) measure; or pledge (English surname) · English, French
- Rank in 2025
- #9,181 boys, down 5,579 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2007279 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,544babies recorded
What does the name Gaige mean?
Gaige is a spelling of Gage, pronounced the same way, so it shares Gage's meaning and origin.
Gage is an English occupational surname. Wiktionary gives two sources: Middle English gage, a measure, for an assayer who checked weights and measures, or gage, a pledge, for a moneylender. The American Heritage Dictionary traces gauge to an Old North French word of Germanic origin. As a modern boys' name Gage has been used in the US since 1914 and was most common in the early 2000s.
gage (Middle English, “measure; pledge”)
How sure is this? Probable. Two possible occupational senses.
See also: English names, names from occupations.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Gage' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th ed., entry 'gauge' (etymology), HarperCollins / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Gaige popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 127 since 1999.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,181 | 8 |
| 2020 | #3,602 | 30 |
| 2010 | #884 | 237 |
| 2000 | #887 | 178 |
| 1990 | #2,137 | 34 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Gaige, counting every spelling?
Gaige is a spelling of Gage, a name family that ranked #857 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #9,181 for Gaige on its own. Together these spellings went to 269 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Gaige?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gaige (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Gaige born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gaige.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Gaige?
About 4,300 people born in the US named Gaige are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 15 and 24. That makes Gaige mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Gaige: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Gaige, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Gaige
What does Gaige mean?
Gaige is a spelling of Gage, which means “measure; or pledge (English surname)” (English, French origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Gaige?
Gaige was the 9181st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 782nd with 279 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,871 places. More babies were named Gaige in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Gaige a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Gaige in the US.