Paige

What Paige means

Possibly “servant”

Variant of Page, from page, from Old French page, possibly via Old Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely

Source: Wiktionary, “Paige” (revision 91351561), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Paige?

US: Falling: down from #140 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #108 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1995, when 5,733 girls got the name (#58 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

• About 1 in 1,818 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,725 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,376 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (2.48 per 1,000 girls), CT (2.0 per 1,000 girls), MA (1.75 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Paige is #346 in the US and #580 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Paige were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Page11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Paige

Girls

• Brooke#313Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1996, with 6,724 babies; 972 in 2025
• Haley#861“hay field”^*
• Taylor#403From the word “tailor”^*
• Leslie#712“garden of hollies”^*
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Kimberly#302Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #108 in 2015, #302 in 2025

For a brother

• Devin#548“fortuneteller”^*
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*
• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*
• Ryan#99Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 29,905 babies; 3,532 in 2025
• Dillon#929Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1992, with 5,062 babies; 253 in 2025
• Tanner#475From a surname for “a tanner”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Paige’s. Rank is US 2025.