Bige — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bige

The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Bige between 1917 and 1956, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bige currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bige performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bige shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bige in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bige in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 57 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.