Paige
Paige was the 346th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 884 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 47th with 5,758 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 206 places. More babies were named Paige in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning page, young servant · English, Old French
Say it PAYJ /peɪdʒ/
- Rank in 2025
- #346 girls, down 69 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 884girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20035,758 babies
- Total since 1880
- 148,069babies recorded
What does the name Paige mean?
Paige is a spelling of Page, an English occupational surname for a page, a boy servant or attendant. The word came through Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio. Harrison (1918) gives "boy attendant" and derives it, probably, from Greek paidion, "little boy"; Wiktionary notes that some scholars prefer Latin pagus, "countryside". As a girl's name it is an American transfer from the surname.
page (Old French, “page, boy servant”)παιδίον (Ancient Greek, “little boy (possible source)”)
How sure is this? Probable. The word page is clear; its ultimate source (Greek or Latin) is debated.
See also: English names, names from occupations.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Paige', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. 2 (1918), s.v. 'PAGE', Morland Press (public domain; Internet Archive scan)
Paige popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 1,335 since 1914.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #346 | 884 |
| 2020 | #277 | 1,137 |
| 2010 | #100 | 3,012 |
| 2000 | #69 | 4,609 |
| 1990 | #79 | 4,113 |
| 1980 | #454 | 474 |
| 1970 | #343 | 761 |
| 1960 | #745 | 188 |
| 1950 | #1,428 | 42 |
| 1940 | #1,238 | 36 |
| 1930 | #5,090 | 5 |
| 1920 | #3,294 | 10 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Paige, counting every spelling?
Paige is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #370 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #346 for Paige on its own. Together these spellings went to 895 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paige | 884 | #346 | 4,651 |
| Page | 11 | #9,313 | 37 |
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 Paige?
884 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Paige (0.25 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Paige 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 9 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Paige.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Paige?
About 143,400 people born in the US named Paige are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 19 and 33. That makes Paige 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.
Paige by state
How common Paige was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Connecticut (2.9×), Montana (2.8×), Idaho (2.6×), Massachusetts (2.6×), New Hampshire (2.2×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Kentucky, Maine, Alabama.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Paige: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Paige, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Paige · Sibling names for Paige
Questions about the name Paige
What does Paige mean?
Paige means “page, young servant” (English, Old French origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Paige?
Paige was the 346th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 884 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 47th with 5,758 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 206 places. More babies were named Paige in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Paige a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Paige in the US.
Where is Paige most popular?
In 2021–2025, Paige was most common in Connecticut (1.63 per 1,000 girls), followed by Montana and Idaho.