first name
GREGG
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 30,573 people named Gregg, 90.7% reported their origin as White, 3.4% as Black and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gregg peaked in 1962, when 1,900 babies got the name.
At least 36,624 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.
Gregg by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #425. The largest share of babies named Gregg, 59.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Gregg is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gregg has been most common in Minnesota (2.1×), Wisconsin (2×), and Nebraska (2×), and least common in Arkansas (0.15×).
33,133 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 Gregg
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gregg, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Gregg ranks #1,442 of 156,621, with 24,054 people. See Gregg as a last name
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