How Many People Are Named Gaines?
people named Gaines are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 398,815 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,717 babies named Gaines in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
32 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gaines in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gaines alive today is about 38 years old, and 48% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gaines first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1915, to 32 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gaines has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #992, in 1882 and 1885. In 2025 it ranked #5,092.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,092 |
| Best rank | #992 (1882 and 1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,550 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gaines alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gaines were born in Alabama than in any other state: about 47 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gaines was given about 27.3 times as often in Alabama.
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