Greene
Greene was last recorded in 1948, when 5 babies were given it; 121 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 1948 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Greene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Greene?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #3,879, in 1948; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
9 babies in 1919, the peak
Greene peaked in 1919, when 9 boys were given it, #2,967 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 5 | #3,879 | 2.8 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,710 | 4.1 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,311 | 5.4 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,753 | 4.8 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,214 | 4.6 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,197 | 7.2 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,002 | 8.0 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,912 | 5.4 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,491 | 4.6 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,114 | 8.3 |
Every recorded year (19)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 8 | #3,322 | 7.3 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,326 | 7.5 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,967 | 9.2 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,424 | 4.9 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,157 | 5.6 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,572 | 7.1 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,056 | 9.2 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,620 | 11.7 |
| 1882 | 5 | #996 | 44.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Greene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Greene has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 19 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Greene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Greene, and how old are they?
An estimated 7 Americans named Greene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 132 people named Greene (39 women and girls, 93 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 12 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Greene and names like it
- The most given names of the 1910sGreene peaked in 1919.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Greene.
- Names starting with GMost given first.