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.

Gregory

#48 most common boys' name of all time · #82 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#48
Rank overall
#82 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
714,753
Since 2016
6,923
Peak year
1962 #21
Best rank
#21 1962
Girls Boys peak 22,063/yr
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Gregory is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 493 493 #593
2024 554 554 #539
2023 557 557 #530
2022 616 616 #495
2021 608 608 #486
2020 686 686 #434
2019 806 806 #388
2018 787 787 #408
2017 890 890 #374
2016 926 926 #359
2015 987 987 #346
2014 1,110 1,110 #314
2013 1,182 1,182 #296
2012 5 1,231 1,236 #287
2011 1,265 1,265 #279
2010 1,287 1,287 #268
2009 1,426 1,426 #247
2008 1,559 1,559 #236
2007 5 1,679 1,684 #223
2006 1,833 1,833 #208
2005 1,903 1,903 #202
2004 8 1,968 1,976 #194
2003 2,110 2,110 #185
2002 5 2,279 2,284 #169
2001 2,478 2,478 #157
2000 5 2,839 2,844 #138
1999 7 3,048 3,055 #122
1998 7 3,429 3,436 #109
1997 11 3,802 3,813 #103
1996 5 3,994 3,999 #98
1995 12 4,442 4,454 #84
1994 8 5,137 5,145 #76
1993 17 5,807 5,824 #65
1992 17 6,498 6,515 #60
1991 24 7,555 7,579 #55
1990 23 8,378 8,401 #51
1989 39 8,760 8,799 #52
1988 66 8,629 8,695 #50
1987 58 9,135 9,193 #47
1986 71 9,529 9,600 #46
1985 71 9,767 9,838 #45
1984 68 9,688 9,756 #44
1983 64 9,980 10,044 #42
1982 51 10,144 10,195 #40
1981 70 8,756 8,826 #46
1980 60 9,267 9,327 #42
1979 54 9,109 9,163 #42
1978 60 9,340 9,400 #38
1977 60 10,052 10,112 #35
1976 64 10,060 10,124 #35
1975 78 10,400 10,478 #33
1974 63 10,826 10,889 #31
1973 85 11,674 11,759 #26
1972 64 13,056 13,120 #26
1971 80 14,760 14,840 #26
1970 64 16,286 16,350 #26
1969 75 16,166 16,241 #26
1968 68 15,392 15,460 #26
1967 89 15,775 15,864 #25
1966 75 17,009 17,084 #23
1965 78 18,205 18,283 #23
1964 75 19,884 19,959 #22
1963 89 21,420 21,509 #21
1962 87 21,976 22,063 #21
1961 89 21,364 21,453 #23
1960 78 20,304 20,382 #24
1959 61 19,889 19,950 #23
1958 73 19,810 19,883 #23
1957 59 21,472 21,531 #23
1956 62 21,082 21,144 #24
1955 62 19,815 19,877 #24
1954 47 17,625 17,672 #25
1953 35 16,160 16,195 #24
1952 35 15,191 15,226 #24
1951 33 14,102 14,135 #25
1950 27 13,311 13,338 #25
1949 20 10,979 10,999 #31
1948 21 9,724 9,745 #32
1947 20 9,327 9,347 #33
1946 14 5,672 5,686 #56
1945 11 2,474 2,485 #96
1944 1,305 1,305 #152
1943 1,134 1,134 #163
1942 1,027 1,027 #166
1941 7 824 831 #183
1940 756 756 #189
1939 596 596 #206
1938 536 536 #224
1937 5 507 512 #234
1936 393 393 #273
1935 368 368 #282
1934 5 329 334 #300
1933 6 254 260 #333
1932 283 283 #327
1931 255 255 #343
1930 248 248 #363
1929 5 237 242 #375
1928 260 260 #357
1927 241 241 #381
1926 243 243 #375
1925 212 212 #409
1924 226 226 #408
1923 191 191 #441
1922 220 220 #407
1921 184 184 #456
1920 179 179 #454
1919 163 163 #466
1918 175 175 #449
1917 158 158 #450
1916 144 144 #478
1915 135 135 #478
1914 107 107 #468
1913 85 85 #469
1912 65 65 #496
1911 36 36 #495
1910 25 25 #579
1909 26 26 #513
1908 26 26 #498
1907 21 21 #534
1906 16 16 #607
1905 13 13 #689
1904 16 16 #583
1903 10 10 #759
1902 10 10 #774
1901 16 16 #502
1900 12 12 #773
1899 11 11 #650
1898 14 14 #602
1897 8 8 #821
1896 10 10 #759
1895 9 9 #776
1894 10 10 #714
1893 9 9 #746
1892 9 9 #777
1890 12 12 #598
1889 6 6 #915
1888 5 5 #1,083
1886 7 7 #806
1885 5 5 #997
1884 5 5 #1,019
1881 6 6 #834
1880 5 5 #974