Cage
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAYJ
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Cage is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cage”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Cage mean?
English: occupational surname, from Middle English cage
“cage”
An English surname for a maker of cages or keeper of a lock-up, borne by the composer John Cage.
Is Cage a girl's or a boy's name?
Cage is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cage in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Cage, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Cage in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cage in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,184 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,373 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 48 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 2002 | 43 | #2,368 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
Names like Cage
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ridge Case Cannon Finn Brayden Kayden Deacon Finnegan Keegan Aiden Declan Cade
Names related to Cage
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cage: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cage, updated 20 October 2026.