Gauge
#1,779 most common boys' name of all time · #4,309 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1990–2025
Rank among boys
#1,779
Rank overall
#4,309 of 105,966
First appeared
1990
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
4,821
Since 2016
924
Peak year
2009 #724
Best rank
#724 2009
Girls
Boys
peak 327/yr
Gauge first appears in 1990. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,095 |
| 2024 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,750 |
| 2023 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,378 |
| 2022 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,779 |
| 2021 | — | 74 | 74 | #2,019 |
| 2020 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,755 |
| 2019 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,707 |
| 2018 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,449 |
| 2017 | — | 174 | 174 | #1,112 |
| 2016 | — | 213 | 213 | #969 |
| 2015 | — | 253 | 253 | #882 |
| 2014 | — | 280 | 280 | #814 |
| 2013 | — | 319 | 319 | #732 |
| 2012 | — | 311 | 311 | #745 |
| 2011 | — | 298 | 298 | #759 |
| 2010 | — | 297 | 297 | #758 |
| 2009 | — | 327 | 327 | #724 |
| 2008 | — | 312 | 312 | #735 |
| 2007 | — | 198 | 198 | #989 |
| 2006 | — | 224 | 224 | #883 |
| 2005 | — | 181 | 181 | #966 |
| 2004 | — | 162 | 162 | #1,014 |
| 2003 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,154 |
| 2002 | — | 133 | 133 | #1,106 |
| 2001 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,296 |
| 2000 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,640 |
| 1999 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,709 |
| 1998 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,870 |
| 1997 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,345 |
| 1996 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,144 |
| 1995 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,758 |
| 1994 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,212 |
| 1993 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,939 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,858 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,122 |