Paige
Feminine · “a young servant”
Paige is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 146,734 girls against 1,335 boys since 1880. See Paige as a boy name
Paige carries a silent letter that belongs to the surname and not to the word. The occupational word is spelled without an i; the family name that grew out of it acquired one, as English surnames acquired all sorts of letters before anybody standardized them; and the first name came from the surname, so it kept the extra letter.
How old is the name Paige?
Paige first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Paige alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 144,000 people named Paige are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Paige most popular?
Paige peaked in 2003, reaching #47 nationally. Today it ranks #346, 299 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
Where it comes from
From A Greek word for a child, through Italian and French to Paige
Our story of Paige
The name and the word have quietly settled on different spellings, and that is unusual. Normally a word-name keeps the word's spelling and the two are read together: a rose is a rose whether it is a flower or a woman. Here the ordinary noun has one form and the name has another, so a reader can tell instantly which is meant, and the name has drifted free of the occupation it came from. Very few English names manage that. Most word-names carry their word around for ever, and the meaning colors the name whether the family wants it to or not; this one has an extra letter that quietly does the work of a fence.
Meaning
a young servant
The word behind the name meant a boy in service in a household, and the reading is settled. It reached English from French and Italian, and further back from a Greek word for a child. As a surname it described the job; as a first name it describes nothing, which is the ordinary fate of occupational names.
How the name formed
- A Greek word for a child, through Italian and French
- An English word for a boy in service
- A surname with an added letter
- Paige as a first name, mostly for girls
Pronouncing Paige
PAYJ
One syllable. The i is entirely silent and does nothing to the vowel in front of it, which already had its value from the a and the final e.
Nicknames for Paige
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
- 1915
- Most girls named
- 19955,733 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #47reached in 2003
- Change vs 2023
- +2.4%884 in 2025, from 863
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.
Paige in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Paiges among us
people named Paige are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 1,818 born in 2025 was named Paige
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Wanda test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Paige's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Wanda climbed just as high around 1934, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Wanda's path sketches the road Paige is walking now.
Paige is coming down from a big peak (#47 in 2003). This is the stretch of the cycle where a name starts to sound like the decade it ruled.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Paige is headed
Paige is easing off slowly — about 18% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Paige beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Paige in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- One syllable, no ambiguity, and nothing at all to teach anybody.
- It works on the register for either child, which the record confirms.
- The spelling separates the name from the ordinary word.
- The silent i has to be given every time the name is spelled aloud.
- The word it comes from named boys, which some families weigh.
- It is closely tied to the turn of the twenty-first century.
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Feminine · #346 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Paiges are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 144,000 people named Paige are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Paige in 2025?
- Paige ranks #346 among US girl names in 2025, with 884 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Paige?
- About 1 in every 1,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Paige — 884 in all.
- Will my child share the name Paige with classmates?
- Paige will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Paige
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Aylin#345 · Angelina#347 · Sydney#348 · Annabelle#343 · Rebecca#349 · Malia#349 · Ryleigh#343 · Leighton#342
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