Gregg
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 1,900 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,512since 1881
Gregg over time
Rank among boys' names. Gregg has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,171 | 17 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,686 | 20 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,099 | 24 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,384 | 31 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,389 | 29 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,285 | 29 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,780 | 35 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,428 | 41 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,321 | 26 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,330 | 41 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,162 | 43 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,890 | 49 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,671 | 57 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,456 | 67 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,383 | 71 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,340 | 72 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,077 | 104 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,055 | 105 | |
| 1990 | — | #926 | 124 | |
| 1989 | — | #875 | 132 | |
| 1988 | — | #773 | 148 | |
| 1987 | — | #756 | 146 | |
| 1986 | — | #730 | 153 | |
| 1985 | — | #685 | 168 | |
| 1984 | — | #685 | 160 | |
| 1983 | — | #622 | 188 | |
| 1982 | — | #591 | 211 | |
| 1981 | — | #491 | 290 | |
| 1980 | — | #487 | 301 | |
| 1979 | — | #463 | 314 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #405 | 364 |
| 1977 | — | #364 | 469 | |
| 1976 | — | #347 | 484 | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #348 | 493 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #350 | 479 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #325 | 532 |
| 1972 | — | #292 | 629 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #275 | 772 |
| 1970 | — | #248 | 941 | |
| 1969 | — | #245 | 883 | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #233 | 943 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #229 | 957 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #206 | 1,134 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #202 | 1,232 |
| 1964 | — | #186 | 1,505 | |
| 1963 | — | #168 | 1,750 | |
| 1962 | — | #167 | 1,900 | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #176 | 1,752 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #179 | 1,736 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #187 | 1,585 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #189 | 1,477 |
| 1957 | — | #188 | 1,545 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #195 | 1,438 |
| 1955 | — | #198 | 1,299 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #227 | 949 |
| 1953 | — | #236 | 816 | |
| 1952 | — | #253 | 733 | |
| 1951 | — | #267 | 636 | |
| 1950 | — | #261 | 626 | |
| 1949 | — | #286 | 558 | |
| 1948 | — | #302 | 523 | |
| 1947 | — | #302 | 518 | |
| 1946 | — | #365 | 319 | |
| 1945 | — | #452 | 173 | |
| 1944 | — | #492 | 153 | |
| 1943 | — | #590 | 116 | |
| 1942 | — | #693 | 86 | |
| 1941 | — | #702 | 77 | |
| 1940 | — | #818 | 58 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,070 | 36 | |
| 1938 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,031 | 38 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,271 | 27 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,827 | 19 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,949 | 15 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Gregg! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gregg is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#340 · 1 in 3,430
- Connecticut#352 · 1 in 4,341
- Massachusetts#362 · 1 in 5,184
- Pennsylvania#498 · 1 in 7,912
- Arizona#518 · 1 in 5,890
Best ever in a state: #80 in Connecticut, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #340 | 15 | 1 in 3,430 |
| Connecticut | #352 | 5 | 1 in 4,341 |
| Massachusetts | #362 | 8 | 1 in 5,184 |
| Pennsylvania | #498 | 10 | 1 in 7,912 |
| Arizona | #518 | 5 | 1 in 5,890 |
| New York | #541 | 19 | 1 in 6,826 |
| Illinois | #826 | 6 | 1 in 13,908 |
| Florida | #847 | 6 | 1 in 14,078 |
| Texas | #951 | 9 | 1 in 16,012 |
| California | #1,031 | 13 | 1 in 19,403 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Gregg
- 3,696 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #12,008)
- 1,403 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #12,008)
- 6,262 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 252 spots in 1940 (#1,070 → #818)
- Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1991 (#926 → #1,055)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1962 at #167 (1,900 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1940–1990
- Highest: 1 in 1,089 boys born in 1962 were named Gregg (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 37.8% of all boys named Gregg (13,792) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #866 (1881) | #866 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 75 | #1,949 (1916) | #2,499 |
| 1920s | 130 | #1,747 (1920) | #2,229 |
| 1930s | 231 | #992 (1938) | #1,607 |
| 1940s | 2,581 | #286 (1949) | #500 |
| 1950s | 11,104 | #187 (1959) | #220 |
| 1960s | 13,792 | #167 (1962) | #199 |
| 1970s | 5,477 | #248 (1970) | #342 |
| 1980s | 1,897 | #487 (1980) | #670 |
| 1990s | 734 | #926 (1990) | #1,512 |
| 2000s | 300 | #2,330 (2000) | #3,391 |
| 2010s | 153 | #4,099 (2010) | #5,902 |
| 2020s | 33 | #8,312 (2024) | #10,431 |
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.
Gregg in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 12,934 of them was named Gregg, which outranked 90.9% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).