Gaines
Gaines is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 993rd, in 1882, 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191532 births
- Best rank
- #993first in 1882
- Since 1882
- 1,698people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,698 boys have been named Gaines in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1915, with 32 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gaines | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 26 | |
| 1900s | 19 | |
| 1910s | 183 | |
| 1920s | 239 | |
| 1930s | 217 | |
| 1940s | 202 | |
| 1950s | 171 | |
| 1960s | 94 | |
| 1970s | 49 | |
| 1980s | 50 | |
| 1990s | 58 | |
| 2000s | 94 | |
| 2010s | 187 | |
| 2020s | 99 |
In 1915, its biggest year
Gaines was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1915 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1915.
Names that rose and fell with Gaines
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leonpeak 1924
- Everettepeak 1919
- Hoytpeak 1922
- Harrispeak 1921
- Alvispeak 1924
- Elvinpeak 1927
- Hollispeak 1921
- Lelandpeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.