Gregg
Gregg was given to 5 boys in 2025, #12,678 among boys’ names; 36,624 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 27,800 Americans named Gregg and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 55 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gregg by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gregg mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gregg is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Gregory.”
/ɡɹɛɡ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gregg?
#12,678 among boys’ names, 2025
Gregg fell from #5,820 in 2015 to #12,678 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 7.8 to 2.9 per million.
1,900 babies in 1962, the peak
Gregg peaked in 1962, when 1,900 boys were given it, #167 among boys’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,678 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,564 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,864 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,284 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 6 | #11,074 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 8 | #9,168 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,476 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,139 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,469 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,820 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (113)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14 | #6,098 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,244 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,752 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,760 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,153 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,078 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,786 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,277 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,408 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,405 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,309 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,802 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,438 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,345 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,345 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,178 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,168 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 49 | #1,896 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 57 | #1,676 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 67 | #1,456 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,386 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,345 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,076 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 105 | #1,051 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 124 | #923 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 132 | #873 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 148 | #773 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 146 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 153 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 168 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1984 | 160 | #686 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 188 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1982 | 211 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 290 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1980 | 301 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1979 | 314 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1978 | 364 | #406 | 0.22 |
| 1977 | 469 | #364 | 0.29 |
| 1976 | 484 | #347 | 0.31 |
| 1975 | 493 | #348 | 0.32 |
| 1974 | 479 | #352 | 0.30 |
| 1973 | 532 | #325 | 0.34 |
| 1972 | 629 | #292 | 0.39 |
| 1971 | 772 | #275 | 0.44 |
| 1970 | 941 | #248 | 0.51 |
| 1969 | 883 | #245 | 0.49 |
| 1968 | 943 | #234 | 0.54 |
| 1967 | 957 | #229 | 0.55 |
| 1966 | 1,134 | #206 | 0.64 |
| 1965 | 1,232 | #202 | 0.66 |
| 1964 | 1,505 | #186 | 0.76 |
| 1963 | 1,750 | #168 | 0.86 |
| 1962 | 1,900 | #167 | 0.92 |
| 1961 | 1,752 | #176 | 0.82 |
| 1960 | 1,736 | #179 | 0.81 |
| 1959 | 1,585 | #187 | 0.74 |
| 1958 | 1,477 | #189 | 0.70 |
| 1957 | 1,545 | #188 | 0.72 |
| 1956 | 1,438 | #195 | 0.68 |
| 1955 | 1,299 | #198 | 0.63 |
| 1954 | 949 | #227 | 0.47 |
| 1953 | 816 | #236 | 0.41 |
| 1952 | 733 | #253 | 0.38 |
| 1951 | 636 | #267 | 0.34 |
| 1950 | 626 | #261 | 0.35 |
| 1949 | 558 | #286 | 0.31 |
| 1948 | 523 | #302 | 0.30 |
| 1947 | 518 | #302 | 0.28 |
| 1946 | 319 | #365 | 0.20 |
| 1945 | 173 | #452 | 0.13 |
| 1944 | 153 | #493 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 116 | #590 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 86 | #696 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 77 | #703 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 58 | #824 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,075 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 41 | #995 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,039 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,465 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,172 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,865 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,382 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,147 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,921 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,444 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,906 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,630 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,493 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,397 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,679 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,847 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,297 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,968 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,313 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,341 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,989 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,573 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,057 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,356 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,128 | 0.02 |
| 1881 | 5 | #925 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gregg a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gregg has been given almost only to boys: 112 girls in 113 years of records.
Girls and boys named Gregg: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gregg, and how old are they?
27,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 36,624 Americans ever recorded as Gregg. The median Gregg alive today is 63 years old; half are between 55 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 30,573 people named Gregg (104 women and girls, 30,469 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 30,082 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 289 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 15,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,550 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,080 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 484 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 126 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Gregg born?
The states with the most babies named Gregg are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 4,230 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 3,291 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,530 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 2,156 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 2,018 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 1,808 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 1,609 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Wisconsin | 1,362 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Minnesota | 1,310 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Massachusetts | 1,277 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Gregg is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gregg is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gregg with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 114,857 babies since 1880, Gregg is the second most given (32% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5 of their 26 babies (19%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gregg
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gregg and names like it
- Compare Gregg and GregBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sGregg peaked in 1962.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gregg since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Gregg: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Gregg.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Gregg alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.