Fun Facts About the Name Gaige
- More than 4 thousand babies named Gaige: U.S. records list 4,543 babies given the name Gaige from 1880 through 2025. Even 127 girls received the name Gaige - about 1 girl for every 35 boys.
What Does the Name Gaige Mean?
Gaige is a spelling variant of the English name Gage, whose established meaning is "pledge" or "surety." Gage began as an English surname derived from the Anglo-Norman French word gage, meaning a pledge, a bond, or something handed over as security. That word traces to a Germanic root (Frankish *wadi-) that also produced the English words "wage" and "wed." Because gage covered pledges and securities, the surname is usually explained as a metonymic name for someone who took or held pledges, or as a nickname, rather than as a description of a craft. A different Old Northern French word, gauge, gave English "gauge" (a measuring rod or measure); claims that Gage means "measurer" rest on that separate word and are not the usual derivation.
Gaige Name History & Origins
The surname Gage is recorded in England from the Middle Ages and is tied to families in East Anglia and Sussex. Sir John Gage (1479 - 1556) was a Tudor courtier who served Henry VIII and became Constable of the Tower of London; his line produced the Gage baronets and the Viscounts Gage. The name crossed the Atlantic with English colonists. Thomas Gage (1721 - 1787) commanded British forces in America at the start of the Revolutionary War, and Lyman J. Gage (1826 - 1927) was U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the late 1890s.
Gage came into use as a first name mainly in the later 20th century, when surnames were increasingly adopted as given names in the United States. The spelling Gaige is a later variant that keeps the same pronunciation; the added i changes the written form but not the sound. The fictional Gage Creed in Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary (1983) is a literary use of the name, not its source.
How Popular is the Name Gaige?
Gaige recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2007. Its best rank was #782 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | #16,485 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #13,182 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #17,125 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #15,132 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #11,300 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #11,318 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #15,596 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #17,678 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #12,691 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #11,796 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #12,992 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #11,955 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #12,776 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #16,982 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #10,727 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #14,181 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #16,177 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,681 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,181 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #6,560 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #4,038 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #4,021 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #4,409 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #3,599 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2019 | #3,119 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2018 | #2,588 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2017 | #1,962 | 73 | 0.0039% |
| 2016 | #1,418 | 123 | 0.0065% |
| 2015 | #1,310 | 135 | 0.0070% |
| 2014 | #1,241 | 146 | 0.0076% |
| 2013 | #1,085 | 172 | 0.0091% |
| 2012 | #976 | 205 | 0.0108% |
| 2011 | #907 | 223 | 0.0117% |
| 2010 | #884 | 236 | 0.0123% |
| 2009 | #810 | 275 | 0.0139% |
| 2008 | #794 | 277 | 0.0136% |
| 2007 | #782 | 279 | 0.0134% |
| 2006 | #927 | 204 | 0.0099% |
| 2005 | #909 | 195 | 0.0098% |
| 2004 | #1,001 | 165 | 0.0083% |
| 2003 | #849 | 204 | 0.0103% |
| 2002 | #932 | 172 | 0.0089% |
| 2001 | #949 | 163 | 0.0084% |
| 2000 | #887 | 178 | 0.0091% |
| 1999 | #1,165 | 112 | 0.0058% |
| 1998 | #1,153 | 109 | 0.0057% |
| 1997 | #1,131 | 111 | 0.0059% |
| 1996 | #1,228 | 91 | 0.0048% |
| 1995 | #1,215 | 91 | 0.0048% |
| 1994 | #1,499 | 63 | 0.0033% |
| 1993 | #1,435 | 66 | 0.0034% |
| 1992 | #1,605 | 55 | 0.0028% |
| 1991 | #2,031 | 37 | 0.0018% |
| 1990 | #2,137 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 1989 | #6,453 | 7 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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