Gage — #833 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gage

The Social Security Administration has registered 60,555 babies named Gage between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gage currently holds the #833 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 2,939 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gage performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 27,420 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Gage shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,477 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Gage in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gage 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 60,555 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.