NameTides

Gage

Gage was the #973 boys' name in the US in 2025 (235 babies), and #1,311 in Canada.

Gage as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Gage as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Gage as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#973 (235)——#1,311 (18)
2024#824 (303)——#1,306 (17)
2023#731 (361)#4,992 (3)—#1,043 (22)
2022#641 (430)——#876 (28)
2021#565 (499)——#545 (52)
2020#475 (629)#2,076 (10)—#411 (73)
2019#410 (753)#2,728 (7)—#433 (67)
2018#381 (845)——#467 (59)
2017#325 (1,049)#1,923 (12)—#385 (79)
2016#279 (1,303)#3,478 (5)—#305 (114)
2015#242 (1,541)——#294 (116)
2014#202 (1,945)#2,690 (7)—#287 (119)
2013#188 (2,156)#3,315 (5)—#233 (151)
2012#172 (2,274)#1,962 (11)—#227 (156)
2011#154 (2,508)#1,909 (11)—#239 (136)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #136.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gage is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,800 to 1 in 8,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gage by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #650OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,011CAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #876TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Gage (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Gage (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GageCanadaBoys#1,31118
GageEngland & WalesBoys—too few
GageNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
GageScotlandBoys—too few
GageUSGirls—too few
GageUSBoys#973235