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

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Peak · boys
1962 · 1,900 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
36,512
since 1881

Gregg over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gregg has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #167, 1962boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#8,3129
2023#12,2395
2022#8,9908
2021
2020#10,6056
2019#8,8898
2018#6,34513
2017#6,06014
2016#6,34913
2015#5,74615
2014#5,99714
2013#5,17117
2012#4,68620
2011#5,67515
2010#4,09924
2009#4,03525
2008#4,71420
2007#4,24323
2006#3,38431
2005#3,38929
2004#3,28529
2003#2,78035
2002#2,42841
2001#3,32126
2000#2,33041
1999#2,16243
1998#2,15742
1997#1,89049
1996#1,67157
1995#1,45667
1994#1,38371
1993#1,34072
1992#1,077104
1991#1,055105
1990#926124
1989#875132
1988#773148
1987#756146
1986#730153
1985#685168
1984#685160
1983#622188
1982#591211
1981#491290
1980#487301
1979#463314
1978#9,7505#405364
1977#364469
1976#347484
1975#6,4848#348493
1974#8,7755#350479
1973#6,6667#325532
1972#292629
1971#8,3245#275772
1970#248941
1969#245883
1968#5,1478#233943
1967#4,05311#229957
1966#5,2737#2061,134
1965#5,2897#2021,232
1964#1861,505
1963#1681,750
1962#1671,900
1961#3,60813#1761,752
1960#3,51213#1791,736
1959#6,2455#1871,585
1958#4,8907#1891,477
1957#1881,545
1956#5,3256#1951,438
1955#1981,299
1954#5,7535#227949
1953#236816
1952#253733
1951#267636
1950#261626
1949#286558
1948#302523
1947#302518
1946#365319
1945#452173
1944#492153
1943#590116
1942#69386
1941#70277
1940#81858
1939#1,07036
1938#99241
1937#1,03138
1936#1,27127
1935#1,45322
1934#2,12112
1933#1,82915
1932#2,31311
1931#2,10113
1930#1,88916
1929
1928#2,38712
1927#1,87118
1926#2,56611
1925#2,43512
1924#2,34713
1923#2,61411
1922#1,82719
1921#2,26514
1920#1,74720
1919#2,8779
1918#2,26013
1917#2,28012
1916#1,94915
1915#3,3926
1914#2,9156
1913#2,2737
1912#2,0457
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1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

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.

Where Gregg is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Gregg, so not publishedAKMaine: #222 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,187 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Gregg, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #111 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 762 boysNHWashington: #146 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 911 boysWAIdaho: #169 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 831 boysIDMontana: #132 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 634 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Gregg, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #115 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 801 boysMNIllinois: #148 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 942 boysILWisconsin: #96 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 659 boysWIMichigan: #138 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 973 boysMINew York: #149 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 1,074 boysNYMassachusetts: #123 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 1,217 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Gregg, so not publishedRIOregon: #153 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 903 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Gregg, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Gregg, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #157 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 980 boysSDIowa: #153 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,158 boysIAIndiana: #140 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 920 boysINOhio: #150 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 1,049 boysOHPennsylvania: #123 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 832 boysPANew Jersey: #109 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 740 boysNJConnecticut: #117 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 836 boysCTCalifornia: #178 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 1,068 boysCAUtah: #171 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 934 boysUTColorado: #126 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 627 boysCONebraska: #109 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 604 boysNEMissouri: #203 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,528 boysMOKentucky: #302 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,546 boysKYWest Virginia: #254 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,709 boysWVVirginia: #285 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,638 boysVAMaryland: #291 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,643 boysMDDelaware: #138 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 849 boysDEArizona: #316 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,426 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Gregg, so not publishedNMKansas: #146 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 849 boysKSArkansas: #236 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,754 boysARTennessee: #393 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,640 boysTNNorth Carolina: #308 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,746 boysNCSouth Carolina: #214 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,351 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #257 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,482 boysDCOklahoma: #237 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,697 boysOKLouisiana: #307 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,482 boysLAMississippi: #336 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,359 boysMSAlabama: #313 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,151 boysALGeorgia: #313 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,015 boysGAHawaii: #152 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 606 boysHITexas: #288 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 1,858 boysTXFlorida: #214 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,406 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#96 · 1 in 659
  2. Nebraska#109 · 1 in 604
  3. New Jersey#109 · 1 in 740
  4. New Hampshire#111 · 1 in 762
  5. Minnesota#115 · 1 in 801

Best ever in a state: #80 in Connecticut, 1961.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#96731 in 659
Nebraska#109271 in 604
New Jersey#109841 in 740
New Hampshire#11181 in 762
Minnesota#115531 in 801
Connecticut#117321 in 836
Massachusetts#123471 in 1,217
Pennsylvania#1231441 in 832
Colorado#126341 in 627
Montana#132121 in 634
Delaware#13861 in 849
Michigan#138971 in 973
Indiana#140591 in 920
Kansas#146271 in 849
Washington#146341 in 911
Illinois#1481231 in 942
New York#1491671 in 1,074
Ohio#1501071 in 1,049
Hawaii#152121 in 606
Iowa#153271 in 1,158
Oregon#153201 in 903
South Dakota#15781 in 980
Idaho#16991 in 831
Utah#171131 in 934
California#1781741 in 1,068
Missouri#203321 in 1,528
Florida#214391 in 1,406
South Carolina#214211 in 1,351
Maine#22251 in 2,187
Arkansas#236111 in 1,754
Oklahoma#237141 in 1,697
West Virginia#25471 in 2,709
District of Columbia#25761 in 2,482
Virginia#285161 in 2,638
Texas#288661 in 1,858
Maryland#29191 in 3,643
Kentucky#302101 in 3,546
Louisiana#307171 in 2,482
North Carolina#308191 in 2,746
Alabama#313121 in 3,151
Georgia#313161 in 3,015
Arizona#31671 in 2,426
Mississippi#33681 in 3,359
Tennessee#39371 in 5,640
Alaska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Gregg
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
81 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1962 at #167 (1,900 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1940–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,089
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 37.8% of all boys named Gregg (13,792) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#866 (1881)#866
1890s0
1900s0
1910s75#1,949 (1916)#2,499
1920s130#1,747 (1920)#2,229
1930s231#992 (1938)#1,607
1940s2,581#286 (1949)#500
1950s11,104#187 (1959)#220
1960s13,792#167 (1962)#199
1970s5,477#248 (1970)#342
1980s1,897#487 (1980)#670
1990s734#926 (1990)#1,512
2000s300#2,330 (2000)#3,391
2010s153#4,099 (2010)#5,902
2020s33#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 1960

girls
#3,512
13 births · 1 in 155,534 girls
boys
#179
1,736 births · 1 in 1,228 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #3,512Gregg13

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #179Gregg1,736
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 155,534 of them was named Gregg, which outranked 52.1% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gregg
  1. #3,357Vincenza14
  2. #3,357Wenona14
  3. #3,357Xiomara14
  4. #3,512Gregg13
  5. #3,512Adel13
  6. #3,512Alaina13
  7. #3,512Aleen13
  8. #3,688Adonica12
  9. #3,688Adonna12
  10. #3,688Aleda12

Tied with 175 names at #3,512; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 1,228 of them was named Gregg, which outranked 96.1% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gregg
  1. #176Herbert1,782
  2. #177Ken1,775
  3. #178Aaron1,768
  4. #179Gregg1,736
  5. #180Lloyd1,733
  6. #181Dwight1,720
  7. #182Doug1,704
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 3,061Stephon#3,988#927
  2. 1,039Kennedy#1,759#720
  3. 489Darryle#1,416#927
  4. 379Garret#1,360#981
  5. 373Darryll#1,324#951
Fallers
  1. 333Grayling#987#1,320
  2. 327Lucious#946#1,273
  3. 274Brion#919#1,193
  4. 261Gail#747#1,008
  5. 254Delton#939#1,193

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960