How rare is the name Greg?

131,523 people in the United States have the first name Greg, about 1 in 2,296. It ranks #431 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GREG

#431

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
131,523
About
1 in 2,296
This common or more
55.7%
Who bears it

Of the 131,523 people named Greg, 85.1% reported their origin as White, 6% as Black and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Greg peaked in 1961, when 5,409 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1961
Births that year
5,409
In 2025*
21 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 77,849 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Greg by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #214. The largest share of babies named Greg, 60.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#10,6457
1920s#7,33453
1930s#2,761242
1940s#5925,101
1950s#34918,245
1960s#21436,513
1970s#43811,477
1980s#1,0093,608
1990s#2,1971,369
2000s#4,143736
2010s#7,147353
2020s#9,133145
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–451.5%
Baby boom 1946–6460.5%
Generation X 1965–8030.6%
Millennials 1981–965.3%
Generation Z 1997–121.5%
2013 and later0.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Greg is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Greg has been most common in Montana (2.2×), Oregon (2.1×), and Minnesota (1.9×), and least common in Delaware (0.3×).

74,783 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Greg

#429 Lois · 131,667#430 Raul · 131,547#432 Esther · 131,090#433 Lucy · 130,370

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Greg, most common first.

#1,240 Gregg · 30,573#22,276 Greig · 448

Also a last name

As a last name, Greg ranks #48,050 of 156,621, with 475 people. See Greg as a last name

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