Gaige
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAYJ
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Gaige is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Gaige mean?
English: variant of the surname Gage
The surname Gage is linked to Old French gage 'pledge' or to a gauger who measured goods.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Gaige a girl's or a boy's name?
Gaige is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gaige in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 boys.
Gaige in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Gaige in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Gaige, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 279 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had fewer boys named Gaige than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Gaige in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gaige in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2016 | 123 | #1,419 |
| 2015 | 135 | #1,307 |
| 2014 | 146 | #1,240 |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,085 |
| 2012 | 205 | #975 |
| 2011 | 223 | #906 |
| 2010 | 237 | #883 |
| 2009 | 275 | #809 |
| 2008 | 277 | #791 |
| 2007 | 279 | #781 |
| 2006 | 204 | #926 |
| 2005 | 195 | #909 |
| 2004 | 165 | #999 |
| 2003 | 204 | #848 |
| 2002 | 172 | #929 |
| 2001 | 163 | #948 |
| 2000 | 178 | #883 |
| 1999 | 112 | #1,159 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,143 |
| 1997 | 111 | #1,127 |
| 1996 | 91 | #1,224 |
| 1995 | 91 | #1,208 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 66 | #1,426 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,593 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,013 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
Names like Gaige
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cole Finn Luke Blake Aiden Ronan Brody Kian Cove Dylan Declan Tate
Names related to Gaige
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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, “Gaige: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gaige, updated 20 October 2026.