Gregrey — boys' name
224 babies named Gregrey in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Gregrey was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Gregrey in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gregrey
The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Gregrey between 1951 and 1998, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gregrey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gregrey performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gregrey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gregrey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gregrey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 224 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Gregrey at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gregrey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1951
- Peak year (1961)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
224 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 17 births in a single year.
Gregrey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 99 births that decade — 44% of Gregrey's all-time total
Gregrey decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Gregrey's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Gregrey by state
Where Gregrey concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 224 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.