Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Gage

Gender

Male

Origin

French
A Pledge, A Pawn

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Gage

Pronunciation

g(a)-ge

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2003 (rank #136, 2,937 births); most recent 2025 (rank #973, 235 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #7129, 16 births); most recent 2022 (rank #15292, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025235–
2024297–
2023359–
20224295
2021498–
2020628–
20197516
2018844–
20171,0489
20161,3028

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1997 (rank #538, 33 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4985, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20233
2022–
2021–
202010
20197
2018–
201712
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #370, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #145, 30 births); most recent 2021 (rank #436, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
20218
20208
201911
201810
201716
201618
201514
201415

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence