Gauge
Boy · GAYJ · English
Gauge is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “measure; measuring instrument”. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Gauge mean?
English: the English word, also a respelling of Gage
“measure; measuring instrument”
Probably a respelling of Gage, an English surname from Old French gage, 'pledge', influenced by the word gauge.
- Say it
- GAYJ
Is Gauge a girl's or a boy's name?
Gauge is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gauge in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Gauge, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,743rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 327 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer boys named Gauge than any year since 1994.
Half of all the boys named Gauge in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gauge in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,361 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 74 | #1,999 |
| 2020 | 88 | #1,743 |
| 2019 | 93 | #1,698 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,443 |
| 2017 | 174 | #1,110 |
| 2016 | 213 | #967 |
| 2015 | 253 | #880 |
| 2014 | 280 | #812 |
| 2013 | 319 | #731 |
| 2012 | 311 | #743 |
| 2011 | 298 | #759 |
| 2010 | 297 | #756 |
| 2009 | 327 | #722 |
| 2008 | 312 | #733 |
| 2007 | 198 | #987 |
| 2006 | 224 | #880 |
| 2005 | 181 | #963 |
| 2004 | 162 | #1,012 |
| 2003 | 131 | #1,148 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,097 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 1999 | 62 | #1,689 |
| 1998 | 53 | #1,846 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
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