Gaines
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 25 babies a year in the US.
Gaines by the numbers
Gaines was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 32 babies in 1915, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Gaines
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 Gaines. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gaiusrejoicing, happy6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Garnergrain storage; granary worker23 in the US (2017)
- Garnetthe garnet gemstone; deep red15 in the US (2017)
- Gilesyoung goat or youthful3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ganeshlord of the multitudes; remover of obstacles3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gaige78 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gaines
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