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#9,310 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

English word name: page

Page has been given to 5,498 babies in the U.S. since 1890. In 2025 it ranked #9,310 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 133 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% girls, 28% boys all-time.

Babies named Page, 2025

1 in 301,000

Page over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Page over time

In 2025, Page went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Page: meaning, origin, and history

English word name: page

surname transfer

What Page means

Page takes the English word page into personal-name use.

The older word means “servant”.

Origin, language, and formation

Page is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Page is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Paige.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Page is pronounced /peɪd͡ʒ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,960 girls were recorded with the name Page between 1890 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 133 in 1990; its best national rank was #1,236 in 1967.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,855 in 2020 to #9,310 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,191 in 2015 to #9,310 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,538 boys were recorded with the name Page between 1881 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 36 in 1920; its best national rank was #780 in 1892.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Page?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 146,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,310
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Page sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Page. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pages were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Page was born before 1986 — so the typical Page is around 39 today.

Median birth year
1986
About 39 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
24.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
16.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,577
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 24.5% of all recorded uses (972).

Is Page rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,455
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,119
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.65×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.3%
Peak was 1990 (133)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,236
1967

Spellings of Page

Page is not the most common spelling — Jane is, with 32.3% against Page's 0.34%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Page is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Page was most concentrated in Virginia — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 150,270 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Virginia1 in 33,333
  2. 2Arizona1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5Missouri1 in 100,000
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 100,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Page has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Page is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Page was most concentrated in Virginia — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 317,180 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Virginia1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Maryland1 in —
  4. 4North Carolina1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Page has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Page around the world

Where Page ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2020
    #5,493
    in 2020
  • Canada
    1991–2009
    #3,263
    in 2009
  • South Australia
    1996–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Page

People whose public names include Page, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Page by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,310
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,455
Best rank ever
#1,236
1967
Peak year
1990
133 that year
First recorded
1890
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,960
Count in 2025
11

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#780
1892
Peak year
1920
36 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
1,538
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Page

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

SageGagePaganPagetPagieMiragePagenCourageKouragePageantSolageRitageRetageVintage

Names with a curve like Page

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Page, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

RaeannCapriceTannaAnnamariaDenniseJulieannIvonneShawneeDorianNydiaSindyKarlyn

Sibling names for Page

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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