Gaines is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1915 and has grown less common since.
Gaines is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,093 for boy births in the United States (and #10,733 across all names), given to 19 babies. Gaines was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1915 (32 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | #5,093 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | #5,532 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | #5,959 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | #4,410 |
| 2020 | 31 | 31 | #3,519 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | #4,850 |
| 2018 | 28 | 28 | #3,818 |
| 2017 | 25 | 25 | #4,149 |
| 2016 | 29 | 29 | #3,716 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | #5,134 |
| 2014 | 19 | 19 | #4,937 |
| 2013 | 15 | 15 | #5,751 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | #8,387 |
| 2011 | 11 | 11 | #7,158 |
| 2010 | 13 | 13 | #6,472 |
| 2009 | 14 | 14 | #6,204 |
| 2008 | 15 | 15 | #5,865 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | #5,509 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | #7,610 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | #9,446 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #11,953 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #8,978 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | #9,781 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #8,610 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #8,492 |
| 1999 | 11 | 11 | #5,778 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #6,705 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #5,638 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #8,108 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #7,064 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #7,783 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #8,637 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #8,568 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #6,381 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #6,198 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,345 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,605 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #4,345 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #3,687 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #5,768 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #5,592 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #3,823 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #3,515 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #4,709 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #4,139 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | #3,031 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #3,149 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #2,976 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #2,658 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #2,685 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,104 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #2,931 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #4,260 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #2,734 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | #2,598 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | #2,065 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | #2,146 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | #1,917 |
| 1957 | 18 | — | #1,912 |
| 1956 | 14 | — | #2,202 |
| 1955 | 19 | — | #1,809 |
| 1954 | 19 | — | #1,783 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #2,134 |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #2,032 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #2,175 |
| 1950 | 26 | — | #1,446 |
| 1949 | 21 | — | #1,635 |
| 1948 | 19 | — | #1,729 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | #1,753 |
| 1946 | 24 | — | #1,448 |
| 1945 | 21 | — | #1,462 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | #1,649 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | #1,659 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #1,982 |
| 1941 | 19 | — | #1,607 |
| 1940 | 28 | — | #1,282 |
| 1939 | 27 | — | #1,281 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | #2,380 |
| 1937 | 28 | — | #1,274 |
| 1936 | 29 | — | #1,234 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #2,301 |
| 1934 | 27 | — | #1,300 |
| 1933 | 17 | — | #1,729 |
| 1932 | 20 | — | #1,606 |
| 1931 | 23 | — | #1,468 |
| 1930 | 25 | — | #1,473 |
| 1929 | 22 | — | #1,578 |
| 1928 | 20 | — | #1,727 |
| 1927 | 32 | — | #1,303 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | #1,816 |
| 1925 | 25 | — | #1,510 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | #1,508 |
| 1923 | 19 | — | #1,831 |
| 1922 | 27 | — | #1,449 |
| 1921 | 31 | — | #1,340 |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #1,912 |
| 1919 | 26 | — | #1,421 |
| 1918 | 25 | — | #1,466 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | #1,551 |
| 1916 | 15 | — | #1,988 |
| 1915 | 32 | — | #1,149 |
| 1914 | 25 | — | #1,169 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | #1,723 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #1,455 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,224 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,478 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,346 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,174 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | #1,088 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,195 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,033 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,145 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,099 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,056 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #993 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #993 |