Gage
Top 1000
About Gage
Gage was part of the craze for one-syllable surnames, with associations to tasty green gage plums and the mathematical gauge.
Gage was first noticed as a character in Stephen King's Pet Semetary--though Gage Creed was far from an admirable role model. That book was published in 1983, and the movie came out in 1989, the very year that Gage hit the Top 1000.
Gage has spawned a couple of successful spelling variations, so don't be surprised to run into a Gaige or a Gauge.
As of October 2026, Gage ranked #973 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #136 in 2003, Nameberry popularity #285.
Editor's take: The name Gage is a boy's name of French origin meaning "oath, pledge".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #202 | 1,945 | 1,012.6 |
| 2015 | #242 | 1,540 | 803.4 |
| 2016 | #279 | 1,302 | 686.1 |
| 2017 | #326 | 1,048 | 566.2 |
| 2018 | #381 | 844 | 464.7 |
| 2019 | #412 | 751 | 418.6 |
| 2020 | #475 | 628 | 363.8 |
| 2021 | #565 | 498 | 284.7 |
| 2022 | #642 | 429 | 245.7 |
| 2023 | #732 | 359 | 209.9 |
| 2024 | #831 | 297 | 172.4 |
| 2025 | #973 | 235 | 137.6 |
World rankings
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Gage on lists
Famous Gages
- Gage Cristian Viviani
son of celebrity chef Fabio Viviani
- Gage Munroe
Canadian actor
- Gage Wilson
son of musician Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys
- Gage Voskuhl
son of basketball player Jake Voskuhl
- Gage Christian Caiazzo
son of pro wrestler John Kronus
- Gage Gibson
son of pro wrestler Jamie Noble
- Gage Goldberg (b. 2006)
son of pro wrestler Bill Goldberg and stuntwoman Wanda Ferraton
- Gage Eugene Butler (b. 2008)
son of YouTubers Casey and Kayli Butler
- (Traja) Gage Golightly
American actress
Gage in pop culture
- Gage Reinhart aka Ramjet
character in Image Comics
- Gage Creed
character in Stephen King's Pet Sematary
- Gage Temple
character on TV's "American Gothic"
- Gage Grendel
character from the book "Who He Is", by Shanora Williams
- John Roderick "Johnny" Gage
character on TV's "Emergency!"