Grey*
#1,406 most common boys' name of all time · #3,399 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1913–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,406
Rank overall
#3,399 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
7,108
Since 2016
3,698
Peak year
2021 #717
Best rank
#717 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 445/yr
Grey first appears in 1913. 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 | 31 | 222 | 253 | #1,014 |
| 2024 | 52 | 276 | 328 | #875 |
| 2023 | 49 | 276 | 325 | #863 |
| 2022 | 57 | 333 | 390 | #759 |
| 2021 | 83 | 362 | 445 | #717 |
| 2020 | 69 | 302 | 371 | #777 |
| 2019 | 69 | 335 | 404 | #725 |
| 2018 | 68 | 331 | 399 | #723 |
| 2017 | 71 | 327 | 398 | #733 |
| 2016 | 64 | 321 | 385 | #758 |
| 2015 | 72 | 234 | 306 | #917 |
| 2014 | 81 | 236 | 317 | #910 |
| 2013 | 44 | 204 | 248 | #981 |
| 2012 | 43 | 185 | 228 | #1,041 |
| 2011 | 30 | 126 | 156 | #1,345 |
| 2010 | 26 | 106 | 132 | #1,526 |
| 2009 | 17 | 132 | 149 | #1,317 |
| 2008 | 23 | 113 | 136 | #1,457 |
| 2007 | 14 | 103 | 117 | #1,527 |
| 2006 | 11 | 87 | 98 | #1,641 |
| 2005 | 6 | 49 | 55 | #2,370 |
| 2004 | 6 | 69 | 75 | #1,806 |
| 2003 | 5 | 57 | 62 | #2,016 |
| 2002 | 6 | 55 | 61 | #2,004 |
| 2001 | 11 | 48 | 59 | #2,155 |
| 2000 | 5 | 42 | 47 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 5 | 51 | 56 | #1,911 |
| 1998 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,172 |
| 1997 | 5 | 46 | 51 | #1,969 |
| 1996 | 6 | 48 | 54 | #1,878 |
| 1995 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,963 |
| 1994 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #1,833 |
| 1993 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,099 |
| 1992 | 8 | 24 | 32 | #2,855 |
| 1991 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #2,315 |
| 1990 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #2,062 |
| 1989 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,813 |
| 1988 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,787 |
| 1987 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,238 |
| 1986 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,313 |
| 1985 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,982 |
| 1984 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,860 |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,959 |
| 1982 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,526 |
| 1981 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,270 |
| 1980 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,301 |
| 1979 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,225 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,665 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,908 |
| 1976 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,637 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,504 |
| 1974 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,004 |
| 1973 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,911 |
| 1972 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,363 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,751 |
| 1970 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,163 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,614 |
| 1968 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,647 |
| 1967 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,840 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,871 |
| 1965 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,044 |
| 1964 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,083 |
| 1963 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,161 |
| 1962 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,157 |
| 1961 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,853 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,467 |
| 1959 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,083 |
| 1958 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1957 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,990 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,661 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,009 |
| 1953 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,925 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,874 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,713 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,401 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,228 |
| 1946 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,634 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,000 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,750 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,760 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,011 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,741 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,353 |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,873 |
| 1934 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,137 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,464 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,241 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,350 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,044 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,903 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,664 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,984 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,389 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,675 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,637 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,670 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,677 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,468 |