Cage — #8563 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cage

The Social Security Administration has registered 997 babies named Cage between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cage currently holds the #8563 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cage performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 436 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cage shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Cage in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cage 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 997 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.