Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Gregg was most popular in 1962, when 1,900 American babies were given the name — ranking #364 that year. In 2025 it ranked #24,763, with 5 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 36,624 people named Gregg.
Gregg first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 113 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 36,624 American births named Gregg between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 28,542 are estimated to be alive today.
5 American babies were named Gregg in 2025, ranking #24,763 that year.
Gregg is too rare for a direction to mean much. It averaged 7 births a year across 2021–2025 against 16 a year a decade earlier — at these counts a single baby moves the percentage, and any year under five births is withheld at source.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Gregg is a boy’s name — 0.3% of the 36,624 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 28,542 Americans named Gregg are alive today — 78% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 63 years old, and half are between 56 and 68. That is a narrow band: Gregg arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org