Boys' name · since 1949
Gregery
493 babies named Gregery in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 493
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
493 boys have been named Gregery since 1949, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gregery has 493 recorded births among boys since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2012.
- #7,952 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 493 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gregery ranks #7,952 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 493 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #7,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 493
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Gregery's 493 recorded births place it above 82.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gregery's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gregery's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1961 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gregery popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2012
- Peak year (1961)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Gregery by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (141 births, 29% of the file).
1960s was Gregery's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Gregery births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
93 births
- 1960s
1960s
141 births
- 1970s
1970s
100 births
- 1980s
1980s
98 births
- 1990s 40
1990s
40 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 141 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Gregery's data
- Gregery's decade-level peak was the 1960s (141 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gregery: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
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, 1949–2012 (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 Gregery 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.