Ege
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-GEH
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Ege is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “the Aegean”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Ege mean?
Turkish
“the Aegean”
Turkish name for the Aegean Sea and for Turkey's Aegean coastal region.
Is Ege a girl's or a boy's name?
Ege is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ege in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ege, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ege in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ege in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
How popular is Ege in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Ege, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Ege in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ege in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
Names like Ege
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Kayden, Brody, Ronan, Aiden, Finley, Rowan, Kian, Lochlan, Eden, Orhan, Darragh
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz, Demir
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ege: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ege, updated 20 October 2026.