Grey
- #4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births
- #1,014 for boys in 2025, 222 births
- Given to boys 85.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 362 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,056since 1913
Grey over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #4,460 | 31 | #1,014 | 222 |
| 2024 | #3,081 | 52 | #873 | 276 |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | #863 | 276 |
| 2022 | #2,928 | 57 | #759 | 333 |
| 2021 | #2,233 | 83 | #717 | 362 |
| 2020 | #2,500 | 69 | #777 | 302 |
| 2019 | #2,538 | 69 | #725 | 335 |
| 2018 | #2,557 | 68 | #723 | 331 |
| 2017 | #2,508 | 71 | #732 | 327 |
| 2016 | #2,697 | 64 | #757 | 321 |
| 2015 | #2,501 | 72 | #916 | 234 |
| 2014 | #2,290 | 81 | #909 | 236 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | #981 | 204 |
| 2012 | #3,644 | 43 | #1,040 | 185 |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 | #1,344 | 126 |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | #1,525 | 106 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | #1,314 | 132 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | #1,452 | 113 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #1,527 | 103 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #1,638 | 87 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #2,365 | 49 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #1,804 | 69 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #2,006 | 57 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #1,998 | 55 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #2,151 | 48 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #2,298 | 42 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #1,903 | 51 |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #1,964 | 46 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,872 | 48 |
| 1995 | — | #1,955 | 43 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #1,822 | 47 |
| 1993 | — | #2,091 | 38 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #2,049 | 36 |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,323 | 16 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,809 | 19 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,117 | 15 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,823 | 20 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
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| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
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| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Grey! It came in at #2,273, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Grey is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#409 · 1 in 1,788
- Ohio#595 · 1 in 3,283
- Indiana#668 · 1 in 3,518
- Minnesota#718 · 1 in 4,083
- North Carolina#718 · 1 in 4,289
Best ever in a state: #201 in Utah, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #409 | 11 | 1 in 1,788 |
| Ohio | #595 | 16 | 1 in 3,283 |
| Indiana | #668 | 9 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| North Carolina | #718 | 12 | 1 in 4,289 |
| Pennsylvania | #846 | 9 | 1 in 5,807 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Washington | #898 | 6 | 1 in 5,466 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| Florida | #1,056 | 12 | 1 in 7,961 |
| California | #1,150 | 17 | 1 in 10,322 |
| Texas | #1,169 | 18 | 1 in 9,725 |
| New York | #1,297 | 8 | 1 in 10,553 |
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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 Grey
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 237 spots since 2020 (#777 → #1,014)
- Biggest jump: 159 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 141 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
108 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2021 at #717 (362 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2013–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,833
- Highest: 1 in 4,833 boys born in 2021 were named Grey (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,694 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 39.7% of all boys named Grey (2,405) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 30 | #2,273 (1913) | #2,969 |
| 1920s | 55 | #2,904 (1926) | #3,548 |
| 1930s | 39 | #2,719 (1935) | #3,123 |
| 1940s | 66 | #2,326 (1948) | #2,932 |
| 1950s | 102 | #1,952 (1957) | #2,805 |
| 1960s | 140 | #1,809 (1967) | #2,314 |
| 1970s | 121 | #2,125 (1970) | #3,150 |
| 1980s | 166 | #2,290 (1986) | #2,968 |
| 1990s | 406 | #1,822 (1994) | #2,094 |
| 2000s | 755 | #1,314 (2009) | #1,855 |
| 2010s | 2,405 | #723 (2018) | #965 |
| 2020s | 1,771 | #717 (2021) | #834 |
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.
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