Boys' name · since 1992
Guage
103 babies named Guage in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,205 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Guage sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 103 recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Guage recorded 103 times among boys since 1992, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2014.
- #17,205 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 103 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Guage ranks #17,205 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,205 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Guage's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Guage's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Guage's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Guage popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2014
- Peak year (2005)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Guage by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (71 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Guage's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Guage births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 71 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Guage's decade-level peak was the 2000s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Guage: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Guage draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.