Masculine dossier · first seen 1882

Gaines

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gaines
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1915

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1882Peak 19152024

Peak year

1915

Decline from peak

59.4%

2024

All-time

1,698

Gaines has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1915, when 32 boys were named Gaines.

In 2024, only 13 boys were given the name.

Down 59.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,698 Americans have been named Gaines and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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