Gregg
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 1,900 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,512since 1881
Gregg over time
Rank among boys' names. Gregg has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,171 | 17 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,686 | 20 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,099 | 24 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,384 | 31 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,389 | 29 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,285 | 29 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,780 | 35 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,428 | 41 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,321 | 26 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,330 | 41 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,162 | 43 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,890 | 49 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,671 | 57 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,456 | 67 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,383 | 71 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,340 | 72 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,077 | 104 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,055 | 105 | |
| 1990 | — | #926 | 124 | |
| 1989 | — | #875 | 132 | |
| 1988 | — | #773 | 148 | |
| 1987 | — | #756 | 146 | |
| 1986 | — | #730 | 153 | |
| 1985 | — | #685 | 168 | |
| 1984 | — | #685 | 160 | |
| 1983 | — | #622 | 188 | |
| 1982 | — | #591 | 211 | |
| 1981 | — | #491 | 290 | |
| 1980 | — | #487 | 301 | |
| 1979 | — | #463 | 314 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #405 | 364 |
| 1977 | — | #364 | 469 | |
| 1976 | — | #347 | 484 | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #348 | 493 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #350 | 479 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #325 | 532 |
| 1972 | — | #292 | 629 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #275 | 772 |
| 1970 | — | #248 | 941 | |
| 1969 | — | #245 | 883 | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #233 | 943 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #229 | 957 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #206 | 1,134 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #202 | 1,232 |
| 1964 | — | #186 | 1,505 | |
| 1963 | — | #168 | 1,750 | |
| 1962 | — | #167 | 1,900 | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #176 | 1,752 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #179 | 1,736 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #187 | 1,585 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #189 | 1,477 |
| 1957 | — | #188 | 1,545 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #195 | 1,438 |
| 1955 | — | #198 | 1,299 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #227 | 949 |
| 1953 | — | #236 | 816 | |
| 1952 | — | #253 | 733 | |
| 1951 | — | #267 | 636 | |
| 1950 | — | #261 | 626 | |
| 1949 | — | #286 | 558 | |
| 1948 | — | #302 | 523 | |
| 1947 | — | #302 | 518 | |
| 1946 | — | #365 | 319 | |
| 1945 | — | #452 | 173 | |
| 1944 | — | #492 | 153 | |
| 1943 | — | #590 | 116 | |
| 1942 | — | #693 | 86 | |
| 1941 | — | #702 | 77 | |
| 1940 | — | #818 | 58 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,070 | 36 | |
| 1938 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,031 | 38 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,271 | 27 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,827 | 19 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,949 | 15 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Gregg! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gregg
- 3,696 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #12,008)
- 1,403 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #12,008)
- 6,262 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 252 spots in 1940 (#1,070 → #818)
- Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1991 (#926 → #1,055)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1962 at #167 (1,900 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1940–1990
- Highest: 1 in 1,089 boys born in 1962 were named Gregg (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 37.8% of all boys named Gregg (13,792) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #866 (1881) | #866 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 75 | #1,949 (1916) | #2,499 |
| 1920s | 130 | #1,747 (1920) | #2,229 |
| 1930s | 231 | #992 (1938) | #1,607 |
| 1940s | 2,581 | #286 (1949) | #500 |
| 1950s | 11,104 | #187 (1959) | #220 |
| 1960s | 13,792 | #167 (1962) | #199 |
| 1970s | 5,477 | #248 (1970) | #342 |
| 1980s | 1,897 | #487 (1980) | #670 |
| 1990s | 734 | #926 (1990) | #1,512 |
| 2000s | 300 | #2,330 (2000) | #3,391 |
| 2010s | 153 | #4,099 (2010) | #5,902 |
| 2020s | 33 | #8,312 (2024) | #10,431 |
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.
Gregg in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 334,617 of them was named Gregg, which outranked 22.7% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,837Zane7
- #4,837Zanetta7
- #4,837Zeola7
- #5,325Gregg6
- #5,325Adda6
- #5,325Al6
- #5,325Alacia6
- #5,952Adelene5
- #5,952Adelmira5
- #5,952Adlene5
Tied with 626 names at #5,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 1,471 of them was named Gregg, which outranked 95.6% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.