Gray
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #1,418 for boys in 2025, 128 births
Given to boys 88.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,166since 1885
Gray over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #5,554 | 22 | #1,418 | 128 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | #1,344 | 142 |
| 2023 | #4,276 | 33 | #1,172 | 175 |
| 2022 | #3,703 | 41 | #1,209 | 164 |
| 2021 | #3,491 | 44 | #1,179 | 167 |
| 2020 | #3,841 | 37 | #1,237 | 151 |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | #1,218 | 156 |
| 2018 | #3,789 | 39 | #1,244 | 148 |
| 2017 | #4,147 | 35 | #1,256 | 145 |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 | #1,266 | 144 |
| 2015 | #3,478 | 45 | #1,271 | 141 |
| 2014 | #3,369 | 47 | #1,348 | 127 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | #1,387 | 121 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | #1,391 | 120 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | #1,587 | 97 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | #1,612 | 97 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #1,731 | 89 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #1,874 | 77 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #1,795 | 81 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #1,919 | 70 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #2,206 | 54 |
| 2004 | — | #2,164 | 54 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,006 | 57 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,249 | 46 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #2,050 | 51 |
| 2000 | — | #2,425 | 39 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,858 | 53 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,312 | 38 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,096 | 42 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #1,690 | 56 |
| 1995 | — | #1,706 | 52 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #1,608 | 57 |
| 1993 | — | #1,638 | 54 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,467 | 29 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,915 | 22 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,308 | 30 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,615 | 49 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,197 | 28 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,793 | 36 |
| 1986 | — | #2,510 | 21 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,653 | 28 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,987 | 21 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,658 | 27 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,526 | 28 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,478 | 28 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,758 | 20 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,462 | 29 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,238 | 39 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,382 | 33 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,280 | 37 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,186 | 42 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,364 | 33 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,218 | 39 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,167 | 41 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | — | #1,427 | 28 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #1,395 | 27 |
| 1949 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,519 | 23 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,233 | 35 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,633 | 17 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,421 | 24 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,276 | 27 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | — | #1,608 | 19 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,874 | 18 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | — | #1,252 | 33 | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #1,449 | 25 |
| 1918 | — | #1,905 | 17 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,217 | 29 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Gray! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gray
- 74 spots since 2024 (#1,344 → #1,418)
- 181 spots since 2020 (#1,237 → #1,418)
- 147 spots since 2015 (#1,271 → #1,418)
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1900 (#1,051 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 107 spots in 1901 (#836 → #943)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1889 at #789 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1900–1901
- Highest: 1 in 9,775 boys born in 2023 were named Gray (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,344 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #789 in 1889, was only 1 in 15,797 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.1% of all boys named Gray (1,296) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1913, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #789 (1889) | #882 |
| 1890s | 15 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,062 |
| 1900s | 38 | #836 (1900) | #1,116 |
| 1910s | 140 | #1,217 (1915) | #1,729 |
| 1920s | 195 | #1,252 (1920) | #1,824 |
| 1930s | 158 | #1,528 (1937) | #1,820 |
| 1940s | 229 | #1,233 (1947) | #1,541 |
| 1950s | 333 | #1,167 (1955) | #1,326 |
| 1960s | 306 | #1,091 (1962) | #1,448 |
| 1970s | 203 | #1,653 (1973) | #2,267 |
| 1980s | 258 | #1,615 (1989) | #2,284 |
| 1990s | 433 | #1,608 (1994) | #2,060 |
| 2000s | 618 | #1,731 (2009) | #2,042 |
| 2010s | 1,296 | #1,218 (2019) | #1,358 |
| 2020s | 927 | #1,172 (2023) | #1,260 |
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.
Gray in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 37,292 of them was named Gray, which outranked 80.3% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,435Valley45
- #3,435Yamila45
- #3,435Yohana45
- #3,491Gray44
- #3,491Abrianna44
- #3,491Adeya44
- #3,491Alanii44
- #3,553Aqsa43
- #3,553Arisha43
- #3,553Blima43
Tied with 61 names at #3,491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 10,476 of them was named Gray, which outranked 91.6% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).