Gregg

Where Gregg comes from

The dictionaries list Gregg as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Peak, #167
    1,900 babies named Gregg — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #233.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Gregory.
Namesakes

No widely known Gregg turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.