Gauge
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 171 babies a year in the US.
How Gauge has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #878 |
| 2016 | #967 |
Gauge by the numbers
Gauge was given to 171 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 327 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Gauge
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.
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