Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Greg

#381 most common boys' name of all time · #831 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#381
Rank overall
#831 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
77,849
Since 2016
263
Peak year
1961 #77
Best rank
#77 1961
Girls Boys peak 5,409/yr
192019401960198020002020

Greg first appears in 1915. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 21 21 #4,723
2024 23 23 #4,447
2023 20 20 #4,917
2022 22 22 #4,586
2021 35 35 #3,307
2020 24 24 #4,152
2019 28 28 #3,811
2018 26 26 #4,011
2017 26 26 #4,015
2016 38 38 #3,067
2015 34 34 #3,308
2014 27 27 #3,800
2013 49 49 #2,500
2012 39 39 #2,966
2011 45 45 #2,676
2010 41 41 #2,885
2009 55 55 #2,354
2008 68 68 #2,043
2007 60 60 #2,216
2006 72 72 #1,881
2005 91 91 #1,546
2004 86 86 #1,547
2003 73 73 #1,691
2002 70 70 #1,690
2001 82 82 #1,492
2000 79 79 #1,522
1999 85 85 #1,384
1998 108 108 #1,163
1997 99 99 #1,200
1996 112 112 #1,082
1995 129 129 #979
1994 134 134 #952
1993 148 148 #876
1992 173 173 #795
1991 177 177 #773
1990 204 204 #710
1989 233 233 #655
1988 205 205 #659
1987 286 286 #536
1986 5 270 275 #544
1985 5 332 337 #475
1984 388 388 #420
1983 414 414 #401
1982 438 438 #385
1981 474 474 #368
1980 558 558 #336
1979 571 571 #326
1978 694 694 #279
1977 5 824 829 #249
1976 6 857 863 #237
1975 952 952 #218
1974 1,097 1,097 #200
1973 6 1,300 1,306 #181
1972 5 1,438 1,443 #173
1971 11 1,695 1,706 #163
1970 9 2,007 2,016 #154
1969 9 1,984 1,993 #152
1968 11 2,047 2,058 #142
1967 8 2,100 2,108 #140
1966 6 2,454 2,460 #126
1965 6 3,181 3,187 #105
1964 5 3,972 3,977 #95
1963 7 4,854 4,861 #81
1962 6 5,365 5,371 #77
1961 12 5,397 5,409 #77
1960 5 5,084 5,089 #83
1959 4,635 4,635 #91
1958 5 3,790 3,795 #105
1957 5 2,972 2,977 #127
1956 1,603 1,603 #182
1955 1,166 1,166 #210
1954 953 953 #226
1953 798 798 #238
1952 769 769 #243
1951 6 739 745 #247
1950 804 804 #229
1949 868 868 #214
1948 1,189 1,189 #178
1947 1,316 1,316 #171
1946 806 806 #212
1945 355 355 #314
1944 188 188 #445
1943 145 145 #520
1942 101 101 #636
1941 76 76 #712
1940 57 57 #840
1939 55 55 #827
1938 49 49 #911
1937 34 34 #1,147
1936 32 32 #1,181
1935 19 19 #1,649
1934 17 17 #1,781
1933 8 8 #2,953
1932 9 9 #2,810
1931 9 9 #2,830
1930 10 10 #2,751
1928 9 9 #3,028
1927 9 9 #3,105
1925 11 11 #2,729
1924 6 6 #4,124
1922 7 7 #3,746
1921 5 5 #4,615
1920 6 6 #4,085
1915 7 7 #3,346