At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- #6,446 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
- Babies in 2025
- 13 (<0.01% of boys)
- Trend
- Rising #8,739 in 2020 to #6,446 in 2025
- Peak
- #4,996 in 2007
- First recorded
- 2001
Meaning of Ege
In the grand tapestry of names, Ege emerges like a sun-drenched breeze off the Mare Aegeum, its very syllables—EH-geh—whispering of cobalt waves and ancient mariners tracing dawn’s first light across craggy shores. Born of Turkish heritage and meaning “Aegean,” this name carries within it the salt-kissed promise of horizon and horizon’s promise of tomorrow—a promise that, in recent years, has found its way into the registers of American new-world parents, who have, year by year, bestowed this gentle sonority upon a handful of sons, elevating its quiet presence on birth charts from the fringes toward the warm center of possibility. In its narrative arc, Ege is both a tribute to the rumble of history beneath the Mediterranean sun and a vow of fresh beginnings, inviting each bearer to chart his own course upon the open waters of life.
How to pronounce Ege
Turkish
- Pronounced EH-geh /ˈe.ɟe/
Popularity of Ege in the U.S.
Ege was the #6,446 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 13 babies. It peaked at #4,996 in 2007. It first appears in the records in 2001.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 2001–2025 22 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 6,446 | ▼ 1,205 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,241 | ▲ 5,580 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10,821 | ▼ 4,342 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,479 | ▲ 1,108 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,587 | ▲ 1,152 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8,739 | ▼ 2,333 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,406 | ▲ 4,354 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10,760 | ▼ 3,665 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,095 | ▼ 1,777 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,318 | ▲ 1,748 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,066 | ▲ 1,064 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,130 | back (not recorded in 2013) |
| 2012 | 8 | 8,864 | ▲ 1,944 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10,808 | ▼ 2,005 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8,803 | ▲ 182 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8,985 | ▲ 886 |
| 2008 | 7 | 9,871 | ▼ 4,875 |
| 2007 | 18 | 4,996 | ▲ 3,736 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8,732 | ▲ 383 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,115 | ▼ 2,139 |
| 2004 | 10 | 6,976 | back (not recorded in 2002–2003) |
| 2001 | 9 | 6,935 | new |
Notable people named Ege
- Ege Arar is a Turkish professional basketball player who plays for Trabzonspor in the TBL.
- Ege Aydan is a Turkish actor who has appeared in more than thirty films since 1974.