Paige — #375 US girls' name
145,848 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.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Paige was born in this single decade.
5,758 babies were named Paige in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paige
The Social Security Administration has registered 145,848 babies named Paige between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paige currently holds the #375 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 5,758 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paige performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 50,553 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Paige shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12,542 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Paige in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paige 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 145,848 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.
Paige at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Paige popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2003)
- 5,758
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #375 among girls.
145,848 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 5,758 births in a single year.
Paige popularity over time — boys
1,335 total births recorded since 1914 (Paige as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Paige accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Paige by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 50,553 births that decade — 35% of Paige's all-time total
Paige decade highlights
- Peak decade 50,553 births
- Runner-up 45,580 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Paige's strongest decade
50,553 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Paige by state
Where Paige concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12,542 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8,890 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 8,383 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 8,189 | 5.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 7,796 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 7,405 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 7,131 | 4.9% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5,383 | 3.7% |
12,542 of 145,848 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.6% of nationwide
- Texas 6.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Paige appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.