Gray*
#1,584 most common boys' name of all time · #3,826 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1885–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,584
Rank overall
#3,826 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
5,842
Since 2016
1,875
Peak year
2021 #1,180
Best rank
#865 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 211/yr
Gray first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 128 | 150 | #1,418 |
| 2024 | 25 | 142 | 167 | #1,344 |
| 2023 | 33 | 175 | 208 | #1,173 |
| 2022 | 41 | 164 | 205 | #1,209 |
| 2021 | 44 | 167 | 211 | #1,180 |
| 2020 | 37 | 151 | 188 | #1,237 |
| 2019 | 35 | 156 | 191 | #1,218 |
| 2018 | 39 | 148 | 187 | #1,246 |
| 2017 | 35 | 145 | 180 | #1,257 |
| 2016 | 44 | 144 | 188 | #1,267 |
| 2015 | 45 | 141 | 186 | #1,271 |
| 2014 | 47 | 127 | 174 | #1,349 |
| 2013 | 26 | 121 | 147 | #1,389 |
| 2012 | 17 | 120 | 137 | #1,391 |
| 2011 | 22 | 97 | 119 | #1,591 |
| 2010 | 24 | 97 | 121 | #1,613 |
| 2009 | 20 | 89 | 109 | #1,732 |
| 2008 | 17 | 77 | 94 | #1,878 |
| 2007 | 14 | 81 | 95 | #1,796 |
| 2006 | 11 | 70 | 81 | #1,920 |
| 2005 | 11 | 54 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2004 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,170 |
| 2003 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,013 |
| 2002 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,257 |
| 2001 | 6 | 51 | 57 | #2,055 |
| 2000 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,428 |
| 1999 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,861 |
| 1998 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,315 |
| 1997 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,100 |
| 1996 | 5 | 56 | 61 | #1,693 |
| 1995 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,708 |
| 1994 | 7 | 57 | 64 | #1,610 |
| 1993 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,640 |
| 1992 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,475 |
| 1991 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,924 |
| 1990 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,314 |
| 1989 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,622 |
| 1988 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,213 |
| 1987 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #1,799 |
| 1986 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,530 |
| 1985 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,128 |
| 1984 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,895 |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,935 |
| 1982 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,530 |
| 1981 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,593 |
| 1980 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,743 |
| 1979 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,794 |
| 1978 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,297 |
| 1977 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,480 |
| 1976 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,767 |
| 1975 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,083 |
| 1974 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,221 |
| 1973 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,662 |
| 1972 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,885 |
| 1971 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,000 |
| 1970 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,674 |
| 1969 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,543 |
| 1968 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,487 |
| 1967 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,775 |
| 1966 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,493 |
| 1965 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,530 |
| 1964 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,467 |
| 1963 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,243 |
| 1962 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,096 |
| 1961 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,560 |
| 1960 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,392 |
| 1959 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1958 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1957 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,379 |
| 1956 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,225 |
| 1955 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,175 |
| 1954 | 6 | 30 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1953 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,436 |
| 1952 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,334 |
| 1951 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,532 |
| 1950 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #1,409 |
| 1949 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,283 |
| 1948 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,533 |
| 1947 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,242 |
| 1946 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,418 |
| 1945 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,650 |
| 1944 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,500 |
| 1943 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1942 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,442 |
| 1941 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,284 |
| 1940 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,221 |
| 1939 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,740 |
| 1938 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,849 |
| 1937 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,554 |
| 1936 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,993 |
| 1935 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #1,677 |
| 1934 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,634 |
| 1933 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1932 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,950 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,145 |
| 1930 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 1929 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,134 |
| 1928 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,986 |
| 1926 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,870 |
| 1925 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1924 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,695 |
| 1923 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1922 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1921 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #2,002 |
| 1920 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,265 |
| 1919 | 7 | 25 | 32 | #1,460 |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1917 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,852 |
| 1916 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,180 |
| 1915 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,228 |
| 1914 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,900 |
| 1913 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #2,570 |
| 1912 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #1,305 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,470 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,553 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,302 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,345 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,094 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,029 |
| 1900 | — | 10 | 10 | #893 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,150 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,175 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,194 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #865 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,046 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,067 |