Greg

Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912 · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1961 · 5,397 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
77,706
since 1915

Greg over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #77, 1961boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,70721
2024—#4,43323
2023—#4,88620
2022—#4,57022
2021—#3,29735
2020—#4,14124
2019—#3,79428
2018—#3,99326
2017—#3,99326
2016—#3,05938
2015—#3,29934
2014—#3,78727
2013—#2,49249
2012—#2,95439
2011—#2,66345
2010—#2,87441
2009—#2,34855
2008—#2,03968
2007—#2,21360
2006—#1,87772
2005—#1,54691
2004—#1,54286
2003—#1,68773
2002—#1,68270
2001—#1,48182
2000—#1,51479
1999—#1,38385
1998—#1,159108
1997—#1,19899
1996—#1,079112
1995—#978129
1994—#952134
1993—#874148
1992—#795173
1991—#771177
1990—#710204
1989—#654233
1988—#658205
1987—#535286
1986#10,9125#543270
1985#10,6775#474332
1984—#420388
1983—#399414
1982—#385438
1981—#368474
1980—#336558
1979—#326571
1978—#278694
1977#9,6525#249824
1976#8,1566#237857
1975—#218952
1974—#2001,097
1973#7,4356#1811,300
1972#8,2925#1731,438
1971#4,81011#1631,695
1970#5,4139#1542,007
1969#5,0579#1521,984
1968#4,22211#1422,047
1967#4,9828#1402,100
1966#5,8096#1262,454
1965#5,8176#1053,181
1964#6,7675#953,972
1963#5,2967#814,854
1962#5,8606#775,365
1961#3,79312#775,397
1960#6,3905#835,084
1959—#914,635
1958#6,1035#1053,790
1957#6,0865#1272,972
1956—#1821,603
1955—#2101,166
1954—#226953
1953—#238798
1952—#242769
1951#4,8336#247739
1950—#228804
1949—#214868
1948—#1781,189
1947—#1711,316
1946—#212806
1945—#314355
1944—#445188
1943—#518145
1942—#629101
1941—#70876
1940—#83057
1939—#81855
1938—#89749
1937—#1,11934
1936—#1,16932
1935—#1,58419
1934—#1,72517
1933—#2,7388
1932—#2,6389
1931—#2,6519
1930—#2,60910
1929——
1928—#2,8439
1927—#2,9129
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1925—#2,58811
1924—#3,8676
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1922—#3,5327
1921—#4,3225
1920—#3,8156
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Greg! It came in at #3,082, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Greg is popular in 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Greg, so not publishedAKMaine: #129 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 902 boysMEVermont: #101 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 544 boysVTNew Hampshire: #82 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 550 boysNHWashington: #87 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 406 boysWAIdaho: #79 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 314 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Greg, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #111 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 541 boysNDMinnesota: #88 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 529 boysMNIllinois: #157 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 964 boysILWisconsin: #94 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 584 boysWIMichigan: #152 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 1,023 boysMINew York: #207 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 1,730 boysNYMassachusetts: #165 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,048 boysMARhode Island: #147 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,514 boysRIOregon: #77 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 352 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Greg, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Greg, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #165 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 945 boysSDIowa: #77 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 372 boysIAIndiana: #89 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 506 boysINOhio: #103 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 671 boysOHPennsylvania: #152 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 1,355 boysPANew Jersey: #174 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,458 boysNJConnecticut: #156 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,351 boysCTCalifornia: #112 for boys · 285 births · 1 in 582 boysCAUtah: #114 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 547 boysUTColorado: #78 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 341 boysCONebraska: #84 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 397 boysNEMissouri: #94 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 523 boysMOKentucky: #113 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 731 boysKYWest Virginia: #137 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 965 boysWVVirginia: #190 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,345 boysVAMaryland: #205 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,695 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Greg, so not publishedDEArizona: #155 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 687 boysAZNew Mexico: #148 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 602 boysNMKansas: #78 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 344 boysKSArkansas: #115 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 538 boysARTennessee: #124 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 728 boysTNNorth Carolina: #210 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,433 boysNCSouth Carolina: #175 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 984 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #268 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,451 boysDCOklahoma: #90 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 426 boysOKLouisiana: #207 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,151 boysLAMississippi: #225 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,471 boysMSAlabama: #149 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 815 boysALGeorgia: #166 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 928 boysGAHawaii: #182 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 861 boysHITexas: #162 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 758 boysTXFlorida: #171 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 970 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oregon#77 · 1 in 352
  2. Iowa#77 · 1 in 372
  3. Colorado#78 · 1 in 341
  4. Kansas#78 · 1 in 344
  5. Idaho#79 · 1 in 314

Best ever in a state: #33 in Oregon, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#77611 in 372
Oregon#77421 in 352
Colorado#78511 in 341
Kansas#78451 in 344
Idaho#79171 in 314
New Hampshire#82101 in 550
Nebraska#84281 in 397
Washington#87631 in 406
Minnesota#88581 in 529
Indiana#89891 in 506
Oklahoma#90421 in 426
Missouri#94701 in 523
Wisconsin#94621 in 584
Vermont#10161 in 544
Ohio#1031341 in 671
North Dakota#11191 in 541
California#1122851 in 582
Kentucky#113371 in 731
Utah#114191 in 547
Arkansas#115281 in 538
Tennessee#124451 in 728
Maine#12991 in 902
West Virginia#137141 in 965
Rhode Island#14751 in 1,514
New Mexico#148151 in 602
Alabama#149361 in 815
Michigan#152761 in 1,023
Pennsylvania#152681 in 1,355
Arizona#155211 in 687
Connecticut#156171 in 1,351
Illinois#157961 in 964
Texas#1621321 in 758
Massachusetts#165231 in 2,048
South Dakota#16551 in 945
Georgia#166441 in 928
Florida#171481 in 970
New Jersey#174371 in 1,458
South Carolina#175231 in 984
Hawaii#18271 in 861
Virginia#190271 in 1,345
Maryland#205171 in 1,695
Louisiana#207301 in 1,151
New York#207871 in 1,730
North Carolina#210301 in 1,433
Mississippi#225141 in 1,471
District of Columbia#26851 in 2,451
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Greg
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 274 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #4,707)
  • 566 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #4,707)
  • 1,408 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #4,707)
  • Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1938 (#1,119 → #897)
  • Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1988 (#535 → #658)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1961 at #77 (5,397 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1959–1964
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1938–1995
Share of babies · boys
1 in 386
  • Highest: 1 in 386 boys born in 1962 were named Greg (0.26%)
  • Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #77 in 1961, was only 1 in 394 (0.25%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 46.9% of all boys named Greg (36,438) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s7#3,082 (1915)#3,082
1920s53#2,588 (1925)#3,411
1930s242#818 (1939)#1,795
1940s5,101#171 (1947)#422
1950s18,229#91 (1959)#190
1960s36,438#77 (1961)#108
1970s11,435#154 (1970)#218
1980s3,598#336 (1980)#477
1990s1,369#710 (1990)#990
2000s736#1,481 (2001)#1,793
2010s353#2,492 (2013)#3,291
2020s145#3,297 (2021)#4,339

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Greg in 1967

girls
#4,982
8 births · 1 in 206,378 girls
boys
#140
2,100 births · 1 in 830 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #4,982Greg8

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #140Greg2,100
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 206,378 of them was named Greg, which outranked 36.6% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Greg
  1. #4,625Yamile9
  2. #4,625Yasmine9
  3. #4,625Yolandra9
  4. #4,982Greg8
  5. #4,982Abbigail8
  6. #4,982Acquanetta8
  7. #4,982Adana8
  8. #5,457Adam7
  9. #5,457Adra7
  10. #5,457Alease7

Tied with 474 names at #4,982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,873Anissa#2,519 → #646
  2. ↑ 1,660Buffy#2,453 → #793
  3. ↑ 1,522Nichelle#2,022 → #500
  4. ↑ 893Josette#1,621 → #728
  5. ↑ 862Lissette#1,600 → #738
Fallers
  1. ↓ 792Tatia#668 → #1,460
  2. ↓ 531Inger#929 → #1,460
  3. ↓ 400Sonji#639 → #1,039
  4. ↓ 389Sunday#983 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 325Cinda#944 → #1,269

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 830 of them was named Greg, which outranked 96.9% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Greg
  1. #137Andre2,151
  2. #138Kyle2,139
  3. #139Duane2,110
  4. #140Greg2,100
  5. #141Darrin2,029
  6. #142Darin2,017
  7. #143Kirk1,995
Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,048Alfie#1,963 → #915
  2. ↑ 548Waylon#1,540 → #992
  3. ↑ 519Ariel#1,450 → #931
  4. ↑ 430Brendon#1,345 → #915
  5. ↑ 416Terrill#1,259 → #843
Fallers
  1. ↓ 443German#968 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 396Darry#916 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 346Regan#835 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 337Caleb#916 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 317Winfred#785 → #1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1967 →