Gage Boy
How popular is Gage?
#973 boy name in 2025
235 baby boys were named Gage in the US in 2025, making it the 973rd most popular boy name.
Gage popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #973 for boys (▼ 149 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 235 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-85% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #242 in 2015, #475 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (2,939 boys) |
| Highest rank | #136 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gage counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gage family of names ranked #891 for boys in 2025 (#754 the year before), with 243 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gage | 235 | 97% |
| Gaige | 8 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gage is most popular
Babies named Gage per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 0.5 per 1,000 (8 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.4 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- Iowa: 0.4 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Missouri: 0.4 per 1,000 (53 boys)
- Ohio: 0.4 per 1,000 (98 boys)
Gage by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,176 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,250 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,516 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,297 |
| 1950s | 29 | #3,065 |
| 1960s | 29 | #2,899 |
| 1970s | 177 | #1,747 |
| 1980s | 498 | #752 |
| 1990s | 13,205 | #169 |
| 2000s | 27,420 | #136 |
| 2010s | 16,938 | #152 |
| 2020s | 2,457 | #475 |
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Questions
- Is Gage a boy or girl name?
- Gage is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gage were boys.
- How popular is the name Gage?
- 235 baby boys were named Gage in the US in 2025, making it the 973rd most popular boy name.
- When was Gage most popular?
- Gage peaked in 2003, when 2,939 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #136 in 2003.
- How many people are named Gage?
- 61,055 babies have been named Gage in the US since 1880. We estimate about 60,025 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Gage most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gage was most common in North Dakota, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.