Page
Masculine · “a young attendant”
Page is given to both — 1,538 boys and 3,960 girls since 1880. See Page as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Page the name and page the sheet of paper are two different words. The one in a book comes from a Latin word for a column of writing; the one in a household comes, probably, from a Greek word for a child, through Italian and French. They arrived in English separately, several centuries apart, and settled on the same four letters by accident.
How old is the name Page?
Page first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Page alive today was born around 1950, making them about 75 years old. About 800 people named Page are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Page most popular?
Page peaked in 1892, reaching #748 nationally. See the whole 1892 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From A word for a boy in noble service to Page
The story of Page
The household position was the first stage of a formal system. A boy of the right family entered another household at seven or so as a page, learning manners, service and the beginnings of arms; at about fourteen he became a squire, attached to a knight and responsible for his horse, armor and equipment; and if things went well he might be knighted in his twenties. The whole arrangement was an apprenticeship in which the training was social as much as military, and the point of sending a child to somebody else's house was to build the network of obligation that held the aristocracy together. The word survived the system by six hundred years, first as an occupational surname and then, in America, as a first name given increasingly to daughters.
Meaningscholars disagree
a young attendant
The name descends from the household word, which described a boy in service in a noble house. Its own origin is disputed: the usual account traces it through French and Italian to a Greek word for a child, and a competing one connects it to a Latin word about the countryside. The paper word is unrelated and comes from a Latin verb about fastening, by way of columns of text fastened together.
How the name formed
- A word for a boy in noble service
- An occupational surname in England and France
- Used as an American first name
- Given increasingly to daughters
Related forms: Page · Paggio
Pronouncing Page
PAYJ
One syllable, said exactly as the ordinary word. There is nothing to teach anybody, which is characteristic of names taken directly from English vocabulary.
Nicknames for Page
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1881
- Most boys named
- 192036 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #748reached in 1892
- Change vs 2021
- −16.7%5 in 2024, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Page in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Page in French — same name
- Paggio in Italian — related form
Pages among us
people named Page are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Page sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- One syllable, no ambiguity, and nothing at all to explain.
- It works on the register for either child and always has.
- It has a genuine occupational history behind it rather than an invented one.
- Paige is the commoner spelling and this one will be converted into it constantly.
- The paper word is what most people will think of first, and it is a different word.
- There is no short form available, because there is nothing to shorten.
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Frequently asked
- How many Pages are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Page are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Page in 2025?
- Page is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Page with classmates?
- Page will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More P names
The most-given names starting with P, all years combined.
Paul#262 · Patrick#235 · Peter#187 · Philip#527 · Phillip#651 · Parker#102 · Preston#299 · Pedro#455
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