Paige
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PAYJ
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #478 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #346 for girls
Paige is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “young servant, page”. In 2025 it ranked 478th for girls in the UK (92 babies) and 346th for girls in the US (884 babies).
What does Paige mean?
English: occupational surname
“young servant, page”
From an English surname for a page, a young attendant in a noble household.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Paige a girl's or a boy's name?
Paige is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 92 girls in the UK and 884 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paige in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #478among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the UK were named Paige, making it the 478th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 176th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 2,148 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Paige since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Paige in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 580th in England and Wales, 272nd in Scotland and 161st in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#34) and 2004 (#40).
Paige in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #478 |
| 2024 | 140 | #344 |
| 2023 | 176 | #283 |
| 2022 | 200 | #257 |
| 2021 | 295 | #190 |
| 2020 | 317 | #176 |
| 2019 | 283 | #196 |
| 2018 | 380 | #156 |
| 2017 | 469 | #131 |
| 2016 | 593 | #111 |
| 2015 | 657 | #100 |
| 2014 | 646 | #99 |
| 2013 | 662 | #94 |
| 2012 | 824 | #80 |
| 2011 | 925 | #70 |
| 2010 | 1,075 | #64 |
| 2009 | 1,082 | #68 |
| 2008 | 1,217 | #60 |
| 2007 | 1,290 | #53 |
| 2006 | 1,429 | #45 |
| 2005 | 1,436 | #46 |
| 2004 | 1,394 | #46 |
| 2003 | 1,261 | #46 |
| 2002 | 1,121 | #52 |
| 2001 | 1,158 | #49 |
| 2000 | 1,233 | #45 |
| 1999 | 1,399 | #45 |
| 1998 | 1,786 | #34 |
| 1997 | 1,796 | #37 |
| 1996 | 2,148 | #28 |
How popular is Paige in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #346among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 884about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 884 girls in the US were named Paige, making it the 346th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 276th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 5,758 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Paige in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 84% of the babies named Paige in the US in 1940, and over 99% in 2017.
Paige in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 884 | #346 |
| 2024 | 827 | #378 |
| 2023 | 863 | #354 |
| 2022 | 1,013 | #316 |
| 2021 | 1,064 | #300 |
| 2020 | 1,137 | #276 |
| 2019 | 1,376 | #226 |
| 2018 | 1,454 | #213 |
| 2017 | 1,700 | #179 |
| 2016 | 2,056 | #149 |
| 2015 | 2,293 | #140 |
| 2014 | 2,416 | #134 |
| 2013 | 2,575 | #128 |
| 2012 | 2,914 | #106 |
| 2011 | 2,819 | #107 |
| 2010 | 3,012 | #100 |
| 2009 | 3,413 | #98 |
| 2008 | 3,647 | #89 |
| 2007 | 3,796 | #89 |
| 2006 | 4,267 | #77 |
| 2005 | 4,906 | #60 |
| 2004 | 5,441 | #51 |
| 2003 | 5,758 | #47 |
| 2002 | 5,470 | #51 |
| 2001 | 4,274 | #71 |
| 2000 | 4,609 | #69 |
| 1999 | 4,717 | #67 |
| 1998 | 4,976 | #63 |
| 1997 | 5,030 | #64 |
| 1996 | 5,342 | #65 |
| 1995 | 5,733 | #58 |
| 1994 | 5,208 | #63 |
| 1993 | 5,612 | #60 |
| 1992 | 5,305 | #64 |
| 1991 | 4,516 | #76 |
| 1990 | 4,113 | #79 |
| 1989 | 2,392 | #124 |
| 1988 | 1,860 | #151 |
| 1987 | 1,637 | #171 |
| 1986 | 878 | #281 |
| 1985 | 723 | #330 |
| 1984 | 607 | #375 |
| 1983 | 587 | #379 |
| 1982 | 587 | #393 |
| 1981 | 611 | #377 |
| 1980 | 474 | #450 |
| 1979 | 389 | #510 |
| 1978 | 365 | #511 |
| 1977 | 352 | #523 |
| 1976 | 384 | #478 |
| 1975 | 418 | #454 |
| 1974 | 475 | #415 |
| 1973 | 456 | #428 |
| 1972 | 483 | #408 |
| 1971 | 594 | #384 |
| 1970 | 761 | #343 |
| 1969 | 734 | #331 |
| 1968 | 695 | #330 |
| 1967 | 788 | #308 |
| 1966 | 788 | #317 |
| 1965 | 521 | #407 |
| 1964 | 537 | #422 |
| 1963 | 510 | #430 |
| 1962 | 548 | #418 |
| 1961 | 345 | #526 |
| 1960 | 188 | #743 |
| 1959 | 132 | #908 |
| 1958 | 130 | #897 |
| 1957 | 98 | #1,050 |
| 1956 | 114 | #943 |
| 1955 | 105 | #966 |
| 1954 | 95 | #999 |
| 1953 | 87 | #1,033 |
| 1952 | 107 | #892 |
| 1951 | 78 | #1,049 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,410 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,392 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,312 |
| 1947 | 52 | #1,254 |
| 1946 | 66 | #1,041 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,059 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,697 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,790 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,667 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,218 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
Names like Paige
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Paige
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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, “Paige: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paige, updated 20 October 2026.