Girls' name · since 1915
Paige
146,734 babies named Paige in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #346 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 146,734
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
146,734 babies have been named Paige since 1915, making it today's #346 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paige has been recorded 146,734 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #346 nationally and more common than 98% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #273 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #346 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 146,734 born since 1915
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paige ranks #273 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #346 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 146,734 born since 1915, peaking in the 1990s.
- #273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #346 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 146,734
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Paige's 146,734 recorded births place it above 99.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Paige compares
146,734 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Paige's all-time total is 390x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Paige | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 146,734 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5,758 | 21 | 19,840 |
Paige's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Paige splits its recorded history at 1973: 94% of all births land in the more recent half, 6% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1924 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 5,758 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Paige popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 5,758
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Paige popularity over time - boys
1,335 total births recorded since 1914 (Paige as boys' name)
Paige by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (50,552 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Paige's strongest decade.
50,552 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Paige births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 9
1910s
9 births
- 1920s 73
1920s
73 births
- 1930s 74
1930s
74 births
- 1940s 367
1940s
367 births
- 1950s 988
1950s
988 births
- 1960s 5,654
1960s
5,654 births
- 1970s 4,677
1970s
4,677 births
- 1980s 10,356
1980s
10,356 births
- 1990s
1990s
50,552 births
- 2000s
2000s
45,581 births
- 2010s
2010s
22,615 births
- 2020s 5,788
2020s
5,788 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 50,552 births (34% of all-time use).
How Paige compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Paige's total volume
Paige by state
Where Paige concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12,636 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8,944 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 8,434 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 8,226 | 5.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 7,860 | 5.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 7,429 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 7,164 | 4.9% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5,421 | 3.7% |
12,636 of 146,734 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Paige appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Paige's data
- Paige's decade-level peak was the 1990s (50,552 total births); usage has since declined to 5,788 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Paiges (12,636 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Paige: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
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, 1915–2025 (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 Paige 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.