Gaige

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 78 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
78
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Gaige by the numbers

Gaige was given to 78 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 279 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Gaige

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gaige. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Gagepledge or security; surname used as given name1,044 in the US (2017)
  • Gauge171 in the US (2017)
  • Gaiusrejoicing, happy6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Gaylecheerful or lively; a form of Gail11 in the US (2017)
  • Gaines25 in the US (2017)
  • Gable12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Gaige

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