Page
From the English occupational surname for a young attendant or servant in a household, borrowed from Old French page. The same word still names a boy who runs errands at court.
Page in 2025
Page was given to 11 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 15,829th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 301,395 babies born.
The history of Page
Page reached its highest point in 1990, when 148 babies were given the name, ranking 1,972nd that year. Its best-ever ranking was 1,718th, in 1967.
Across the 145 years of records since 1881, 5,498 babies have been named Page. Half of them were born before 1974, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation X.
Page has switched sex over its history: it went mostly to boys in its early decades, and goes mostly to girls today.
Page by decade
| Decade | Babies named Page | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | 1,787 |
| 1890s | 26 | 1,752 |
| 1900s | 11 | 3,268 |
| 1910s | 212 | 2,126 |
| 1920s | 274 | 2,016 |
| 1930s | 252 | 2,268 |
| 1940s | 316 | 2,430 |
| 1950s | 500 | 2,211 |
| 1960s | 810 | 1,718 |
| 1970s | 593 | 1,986 |
| 1980s | 572 | 2,324 |
| 1990s | 1,102 | 1,972 |
| 2000s | 503 | 3,971 |
| 2010s | 238 | 7,348 |
| 2020s | 74 | 10,309 |
Where Page is heading
Page has fallen 35% over the past decade, from 17 babies in 2015 to 11 in 2025.
Names like Page
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Page.