Given name & surname
Page
“a young assistant”
Page is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a young assistant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a young assistant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Page developed from Pagé.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Page through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,498
- 1,538 boys · 3,960 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 148 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,313 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 22% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,313 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 133 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,781 as a first name in 2020; 79,314 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Page’s family of names
In English usage, Page as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Padje. In English usage, Page has a related form in Paige. Page has a related form in Paige.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Page has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Page
- Page KennedyAmerican actorborn 1976
- Page HamiltonAmerican singer and guitarist (born 1960)
- Page BelcherAmerican congressman for Oklahoma (1899–1980)
- Page McConnellAmerican multi-instrumentalist and songwriterborn 1963
- Page CavanaughAmerican musician (1922–2008)
- Page FletcherCanadian actorborn 1950
- Page HannahAmerican philanthropistborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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