Unisex name · since 2003
Greeley
39 babies named Greeley in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,829 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Greeley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 39 recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Greeley has been recorded 39 times among girls since 2003, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2024.
- #37,829 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 39 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Greeley ranks #37,829 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #37,829 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Greeley's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Greeley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Greeley splits its recorded history at 2021: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Greeley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2024
- Peak year (2010)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Greeley popularity over time - boys
38 total births recorded since 1914 (Greeley as boys' name)
Greeley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (16 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Greeley's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Greeley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (41% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Greeley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Greeley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.