Gauge — #3735 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gauge

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,794 babies named Gauge between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gauge currently holds the #3735 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 327 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gauge performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,358 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gauge shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 410 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Gauge in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gauge 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 4,794 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.