Grey
Grey is ranked 876th among boys in 2024 (274 births). Its best rank was 717th, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #876down 14 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2740.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021362 births
- Best rank
- #717in 2021
- Since 1913
- 6,853people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,832 boys have been named Grey in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 362 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 41%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,021 girls have also been given it, 15% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Grey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 30 | |
| 1920s | 55 | |
| 1930s | 39 | |
| 1940s | 66 | |
| 1950s | 102 | |
| 1960s | 140 | |
| 1970s | 121 | |
| 1980s | 166 | |
| 1990s | 406 | |
| 2000s | 755 | |
| 2010s | 2,405 | |
| 2020s | 1,547 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Grey was the 717th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Grey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Amenpeak 2019
- Matthiaspeak 2018
- Samarpeak 2022
- Benaiahpeak 2021
- Westonpeak 2024
- Jensonpeak 2021
- Remingtonpeak 2019
- Alistairpeak 2024
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.