Girls' name · peaked in 1995
Paige name popularity since 1925
147,906 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Paige (99.2% girls, 0.8% boys). Half of them were born in 2000 or earlier, so the typical Paige is about 26 years old in 2026. Paige peaked in 1995 as the #58 name for girls, and it ranked #346 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 147,906
- Named Paige, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #346
- for girls in 2025 (884 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% girls
- 146,691 girls · 1,215 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.90× its national share
Peak year is the year Paige made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Paige births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2003. Measured as a share of all babies, Paige peaked in 1995.
- Fastest rise: Between 1985 and 1990, Paige became 5.2× more common, from 1 in 2,380 baby girls to 1 in 462.
- Steepest fall: Between 2015 and 2020, its share of baby girls fell by 45%, from 1 in 778 to 1 in 1,420.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Paige's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Paige.
Decade by decade
Babies named Paige in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 39 | 65 | – |
| 1930s | 74 | 107 | #3,670 |
| 1940s | 367 | 113 | #2,133 |
| 1950s | 988 | 165 | #975 |
| 1960s | 5,654 | 171 | #408 |
| 1970s | 4,677 | 150 | #454 |
| 1980s | 10,356 | 159 | #330 |
| 1990s | 50,552 | 163 | #58 |
| 2000s | 45,581 | 112 | #60 |
| 2010s | 22,615 | 10 | #140 |
| 2020–25 | 5,788 | 0 | #346 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.8% of babies named Paige from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Paige is most popular
The index compares Paige's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Paige.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.90× | 2,366 |
| New Hampshire | 1.86× | 854 |
| Idaho | 1.74× | 1,010 |
| Delaware | 1.62× | 491 |
| Minnesota | 1.62× | 4,312 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Paige and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Paige (this page) | 146,691 | 1995 |
| Payge | 1,124 | 2006 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Paige's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Paige.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Paige (1995).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data