Tage
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAH-geh
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Tage is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “taker, guarantor”. In 2025 it ranked 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Tage mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian form of Old Norse Taki
“taker, guarantor”
Borne by Tage Erlander, prime minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969.
Is Tage a girl's or a boy's name?
Tage is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tage in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Tage, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had more boys named Tage than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Tage in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tage in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 37 | #3,088 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Tage
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Brayden, Aiden, Declan, Ridge, Ronan, Finnegan, Deacon, Keegan, Finn, Raiden, Brody
Names related to Tage
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
Sources
Figures from 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, “Tage: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tage, updated 20 October 2026.