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How popular is the name Gage?

Births per year, rank history and how many Gages are alive today.

Gage (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2023 (ranked 4992nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 33 babies were given the name, the 538th most popular that year. Gage is one spelling of a name also recorded as Gaige; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Gage you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Gages born in England and Wales are between 20 and 33, and there are at least 610 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Gage - on average, only one in every 497 such rooms contains a Gage.

How many babies are named Gage each year?

Includes all spellings: Gage, Gaige. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0102030200020201996: 321997: 331998: 351999: 212000: 222001: 162002: 192003: 182004: 192005: 182006: 232007: 192008: 152009: 102010: 102011: 112012: 112013: 52014: 72016: 52017: 122019: 72020: 102023: 3actual

Where does the Gage spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 5351997: ranked 5381998: ranked 5711999: ranked 9062000: ranked 8482001: ranked 9832002: ranked 1,0772003: ranked 1,0112004: ranked 1,0382005: ranked 1,1352006: ranked 1,2802007: ranked 1,2012008: ranked 1,7062009: ranked 2,5442010: ranked 2,0362011: ranked 1,9092012: ranked 1,9622013: ranked 3,3152014: ranked 2,6902016: ranked 3,4782017: ranked 1,9232019: ranked 2,7282020: ranked 2,0762023: ranked 4,992

Where does the Gaige spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020001998: ranked 2,9011999: ranked 2,4252000: ranked 3,0362002: ranked 2,6362006: ranked 2,2822008: ranked 4,4322009: ranked 4,527

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Gage per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2023, peaking at about 35 in 1998
Gage: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2023. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Gage most popular?

Gage peaked in 1998, when 35 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Gage?

At least 610 people named Gage in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Gage?

Most living Gages are between 20 and 33; the most common age is about 29.

Is Gage becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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