Gray
Gray is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 142 births. Its best rank was 838th, in 1889.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1420.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023175 births
- Best rank
- #838in 1889
- Since 1885
- 5,692people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,038 boys have been named Gray in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 175 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2010s alone account for 26%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 654 girls have also been given it, 11% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gray | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | |
| 1890s | 15 | |
| 1900s | 38 | |
| 1910s | 140 | |
| 1920s | 195 | |
| 1930s | 158 | |
| 1940s | 229 | |
| 1950s | 333 | |
| 1960s | 306 | |
| 1970s | 203 | |
| 1980s | 258 | |
| 1990s | 433 | |
| 2000s | 618 | |
| 2010s | 1,296 | |
| 2020s | 799 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Gray was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Gray
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elliottpeak 2019
- Lorenzopeak 2024
- Reedpeak 2014
- Raphaelpeak 2024
- Lazaruspeak 2021
- Henripeak 2021
- Emersonpeak 2019
- Edisonpeak 2018
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.