Boys' name · since 1918
Gresham
165 babies named Gresham in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,127 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,811 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 165
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
165 babies have been named Gresham since 1918, making it today's #10811 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gresham has been recorded 165 times among boys since 1918, currently ranked #10811 nationally and more common than 22% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #14,127 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,811 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 165 born since 1918
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gresham ranks #14,127 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,811 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 165 born since 1918, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,127 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,811 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 165
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gresham's 165 recorded births place it above 68.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gresham compares
165 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gresham's all-time total is 55% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gresham | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 165 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Gresham's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gresham splits its recorded history at 2012: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gresham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Gresham by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Gresham's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Gresham births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Gresham's decade-level peak was the 2010s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gresham: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Gresham 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.