first name
PAIGE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 133,478 people named Paige, 84.5% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Paige peaked in 2003, when 5,763 babies got the name.
At least 148,069 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Paige by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #144. The largest share of babies named Paige, 46.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Paige is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Paige has been most common in Utah (2×), New Hampshire (1.9×), and Idaho (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.37×).
144,570 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Paige
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Paige, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Paige ranks #1,796 of 156,621, with 19,531 people. See Paige as a last name
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