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.

Greogory

#16,966 most common boys' name of all time · #44,298 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1961–1991

Rank among boys
#16,966
Rank overall
#44,298 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
79
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1983 #4,352
Best rank
#3,646 1961
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
1980

Greogory first appears in 1961. 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
1991 — 6 6 #7,592
1987 — 6 6 #6,445
1986 — 6 6 #6,267
1984 — 5 5 #6,705
1983 — 9 9 #4,352
1982 — 7 7 #5,290
1980 — 6 6 #5,876
1976 — 8 8 #4,257
1972 — 5 5 #5,434
1971 — 8 8 #3,883
1970 — 6 6 #4,563
1961 — 7 7 #3,646