Gage
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #973 for boys
Gage is a boys' name, meaning “measure”. In 2025 it ranked 973rd for boys in the US (235 babies).
What does Gage mean?
“measure”
A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gage a girl's or a boy's name?
Gage is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 235 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gage in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 34 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gage in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Gage in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 2 | #6,210 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 18 | #930 |
| 1998 | 34 | #596 |
| 1997 | 33 | #585 |
| 1996 | 33 | #563 |
How popular is Gage in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #973among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 235about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 235 boys in the US were named Gage, making it the 973rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 475th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 2,939 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 16 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Gage than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Gage in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gage in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 235 | #973 |
| 2024 | 303 | #824 |
| 2023 | 361 | #731 |
| 2022 | 430 | #641 |
| 2021 | 499 | #565 |
| 2020 | 629 | #475 |
| 2019 | 753 | #410 |
| 2018 | 845 | #381 |
| 2017 | 1,049 | #325 |
| 2016 | 1,303 | #279 |
| 2015 | 1,541 | #242 |
| 2014 | 1,945 | #202 |
| 2013 | 2,156 | #188 |
| 2012 | 2,274 | #172 |
| 2011 | 2,508 | #154 |
| 2010 | 2,564 | #152 |
| 2009 | 2,886 | #141 |
| 2008 | 2,854 | #146 |
| 2007 | 2,741 | #149 |
| 2006 | 2,689 | #154 |
| 2005 | 2,702 | #151 |
| 2004 | 2,756 | #145 |
| 2003 | 2,939 | #136 |
| 2002 | 2,746 | #140 |
| 2001 | 2,759 | #144 |
| 2000 | 2,348 | #166 |
| 1999 | 1,955 | #178 |
| 1998 | 1,998 | #169 |
| 1997 | 1,702 | #193 |
| 1996 | 1,541 | #202 |
| 1995 | 1,499 | #203 |
| 1994 | 1,286 | #228 |
| 1993 | 991 | #283 |
| 1992 | 757 | #335 |
| 1991 | 809 | #319 |
| 1990 | 667 | #359 |
| 1989 | 171 | #752 |
| 1988 | 57 | #1,369 |
| 1987 | 52 | #1,398 |
| 1986 | 52 | #1,362 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,180 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,480 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Gage
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Gage
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, “Gage: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gage, updated 20 October 2026.