Paige
Masculine · “a young servant”
Paige is given to girls far more often — 146,734 girls against 1,335 boys since 1880. See Paige as a girl 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 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Paige alive today was born around 1966, making them about 59 years old. About 900 people named Paige are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Paige most popular?
Paige peaked in 1948, reaching #1559 nationally. See the whole 1948 chart.
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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
- 1914
- Most boys named
- 200426 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1559reached in 1948
- Change vs 2008
- −64.3%5 in 2017, from 14
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.
Paiges among us
people named Paige 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
Paige 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 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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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 900 people named Paige are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Paige in 2025?
- Paige is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Paige with classmates?
- Paige will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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