How rare is the name Grey?

5,453 people in the United States have the first name Grey, about 1 in 55,388. It ranks #3,715 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GREY

#3,715

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,453
About
1 in 55,388
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,453 people named Grey, 74% reported their origin as White, 12.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.7% as two or more races. 80.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Grey peaked in 2021, when 445 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
445
In 2025*
253 ▼43%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 7,108 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Grey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,506. The largest share of babies named Grey, 64.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#7,21430
1920s#7,22255
1930s#7,19339
1940s#6,18966
1950s#5,777102
1960s#5,359140
1970s#7,363121
1980s#7,185166
1990s#4,609445
2000s#3,707859
2010s#1,6912,973
2020s#1,5062,112
Greatest Generation 1901–271.1%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–643%
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–966.3%
Generation Z 1997–1221.4%
2013 and later64.3%

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 Grey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Grey has been most common in Utah (7.6×), Arizona (1.9×), and North Carolina (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.33×).

3,890 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 Grey

#3,712 Ean · 5,455#3,714 Elwood · 5,454#3,716 Earline · 5,451#3,717 Mellissa · 5,449

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,891 Gray · 5,037#52,900 Gre · 104

Also a last name

As a last name, Grey ranks #2,546 of 156,621, with 13,822 people. See Grey as a last name

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