Gaius
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Gaius is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Gaius mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin, of rare usage
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gaius a girl's or a boy's name?
Gaius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gaius in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Gaius, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Gaius than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Gaius in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Gaius in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Gaius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Gaius, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Gaius in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gaius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
Names like Gaius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Gaius: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gaius, updated 20 October 2026.