Gaige
- Pronunciation
- [Gaige]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- Irish
Gaige is a name traditionally given to a boy of Irish origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more Irish baby names or search the full library by meaning.
About the Name Gaige
Gaige is a modern, inventive respelling of the name Gage, which itself comes from an English and French surname connected to a pledge or a measure — an oath given or a standard kept. The added -i- gives the name a distinctive look on the page while preserving its single strong syllable; it is best understood as a contemporary spelling variant rather than a name with its own separate ancient root, with no independent older etymology of its own.
The name's appeal is bold and current: it sounds confident and compact, and its unconventional spelling sets it apart from the more familiar form. Gaige fits squarely within the turn-of-the-century fashion for short, punchy boys' names rendered in fresh, individualized ways — names chosen as much for how they look as for how they sound. It reads as energetic and a little daring, a name with a clear modern edge.
Gaige first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for boys in 2000 and reached its peak in 2007 at rank #782. It last appeared in the top-1000 in 2012 at #976, having been given to about 2,611 boys across that stretch — a solid run for a name carried largely by its distinctive modern styling. It stands on its own without further widely recorded variants, its bold spelling its defining signature. For parents who want a short, strong, unmistakably modern boys' name with a distinctive look, Gaige delivers confidence and individuality in a single syllable.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Gaige
US Popularity History (2000–2012)
Annual US births named Gaige by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 279 boys named Gaige (boy rank #782 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2012, ranked #976 for boys (205 US births). That's 194 places below its 2007 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Gaige Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2007–2016 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Gaige the strongest states are West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | #261 | 26 |
| 2 | Arkansas | #431 | 21 |
| 3 | Kentucky | #493 | 44 |
| 4 | Utah | #516 | 41 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #555 | 124 |
| 6 | Oregon | #558 | 24 |
| 7 | Ohio | #564 | 155 |
| 8 | Missouri | #616 | 77 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | #630 | 27 |
| 10 | Indiana | #646 | 74 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #948 | 60 |
| 2 | North Carolina | #886 | 44 |
| 3 | Florida | #854 | 58 |
| 4 | Arizona | #812 | 31 |
| 5 | Tennessee | #773 | 19 |
| 6 | Washington | #760 | 21 |
| 7 | Michigan | #721 | 77 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | #680 | 16 |
| 9 | Louisiana | #658 | 47 |
| 10 | Colorado | #651 | 41 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2007–2016. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Gaige in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Gaige to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Gaige against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).