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Grey

#1,014 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Gray

Grey has been given to 7,108 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #1,014 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 362 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Grey, 2025

1 in 14,900

Grey over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Grey over time

In 2025, Grey went to 12% girls and 88% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Grey: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Gray

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Grey means

Grey is a variant of Gray.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Grey → Gray. The family’s meaning is “Greek”, recorded in English with the source elements Graecus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gray.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,056 boys were recorded with the name Grey between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 362 in 2021; its best national rank was #717 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #778 in 2020 to #1,014 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #917 in 2015 to #1,014 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,052 girls were recorded with the name Grey between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 83 in 2021; its best national rank was #2,236 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,509 in 2020 to #4,486 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,511 in 2015 to #4,486 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Grey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 14,900
222 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 7,690
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,014
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
10,352 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Grey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 10,352 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Grey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Greys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Grey was born before 2016 — so the typical Grey is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
80.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,866
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.7% of all recorded uses (2,405).

Is Grey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−138
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−236
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−97
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.95×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
61.3%
Peak was 2021 (362)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#717
2021

Spellings of Grey

Grey is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 28.4% against Grey's 0.19%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Grey is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Grey was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,250 boys, against 1 in 5,734 across all states with data. It was least common in Mississippi (1 in 25,000).

480 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 1,250
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 3,226
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 3,571
  4. 4Idaho1 in 3,704
  5. 5Georgia1 in 3,846
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 3,846
  7. 7Colorado1 in 4,000
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 4,167

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Grey is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 73% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Grey is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Grey was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 35,971 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 20,000
  2. 2New York1 in 33,333
  3. 3Texas1 in 33,333
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 50,000
  5. 5Washington1 in 50,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 100,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 100,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Grey around the world

Where Grey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2013–2025
    #1,897
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2019–2019
    #609
    in 2019
  • France
    2016–2016
    #6,316
    in 2016
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #1,232
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2009–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Grey

People whose public names include Grey, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Grey in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Grey. Linked forms have their own page here.

GraeGray

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Grey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,014
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 236
Best rank ever
#717
2021
Peak year
2021
362 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,056
Count in 2025
222

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,486
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,977
Best rank ever
#2,236
2021
Peak year
2021
83 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,052
Count in 2025
31

Names similar to Grey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ReyGreggGregKoreyToreyGreerTorreyGreysenCareyGregreyGreenGregorTreyAndreyGregorioDreyShreyDareyGodfreyAubreyGreggoryJacoreyGreysonGarey

Names with a curve like Grey

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Grey, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KannonLachlanMagnusLangstonZekeFlynnAbdielKingsleyKyeJeremiasLennonCayson

Sibling names for Grey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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