Gauge Popularity by Year
Follow Gauge across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Gauge birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 26 | #4,050 | Down 357 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 30 | #3,693 | Down 1,331 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 58 | #2,362 | Up 391 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 47 | #2,753 | Down 753 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 74 | #2,000 | Down 257 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 88 | #1,743 | Down 45 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 93 | #1,698 | Down 255 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 121 | #1,443 | Down 333 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 174 | #1,110 | Down 143 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 213 | #967 | Down 87 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 253 | #880 | Down 68 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 280 | #812 | Down 81 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 319 | #731 | Up 12 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 311 | #743 | Up 16 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 298 | #759 | Down 3 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 297 | #756 | Down 34 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 327 | #722 | Up 11 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 312 | #733 | Up 254 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 198 | #987 | Down 107 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 224 | #880 | Up 84 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 181 | #964 | Up 49 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 162 | #1,013 | Up 136 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 131 | #1,149 | Down 51 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 133 | #1,098 | Up 189 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 102 | #1,287 | Up 342 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 72 | #1,629 | Up 63 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 62 | #1,692 | Up 157 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 53 | #1,849 | Up 462 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 36 | #2,311 | Down 196 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 40 | #2,115 | Up 570 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 27 | #2,685 | Up 424 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 22 | #3,109 | Down 244 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 24 | #2,865 | Up 1,699 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 12 | #4,564 | Down 559 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 14 | #4,005 | Up 2,410 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 7 | #6,415 | — |