Gaines — #6461 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gaines

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,698 babies named Gaines between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gaines currently holds the #6461 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaines performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 239 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gaines shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 169 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaines in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaines 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 1,698 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.