How popular is the name Paige?

Paige ranks 279th among girls' names in US records, with 149,797 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 13,907.

Is Paige a unisex name?

No. Paige is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2003, when 5,813 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Page. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#279 of girl names

Pronounced P EY1 JH (ARPABET)

Paige is a girls' name, and first appears in 1890. It has been given to 149,797 children — the 279th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 59% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2003, when 5,813 children were given it.

Page is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

20035,813

These spellings sound identical to Paige and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Paige?: Paige ranks 279th among girls' names in US records, with 149,797 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 13,907.
Is Paige a unisex name?: No. Paige is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Paige most popular?: 2003, when 5,813 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Paige spelled?: Page. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.