Recorded 1913–2025 · United States
Grey was most popular in 2021, when 445 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,280 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,902, with 253 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,108 people named Grey.
Grey first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1913, which makes it about 112 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 103 of the 113 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,108 American births named Grey 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 6,818 are estimated to be alive today.
253 American babies were named Grey in 2025, ranking #1,902 that year.
Grey is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 348 births a year, against 251 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +39% over the decade.
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 Grey is mostly a boy’s name — 14.8% of the 7,108 Americans given it were girls and 85.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 17% girls and 83% 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 6,818 Americans named Grey are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 5 and 17. That is a narrow band because Grey is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
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