Boys' name · since 1992
Kray
16 babies named Kray in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,849 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
16 boys have been named Kray since 1992, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kray has been recorded 16 times among boys since 1992, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 1994.
- #30,849 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1992
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kray ranks #30,849 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1992, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,849 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kray's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kray's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kray's full recorded timeline at 1993, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kray popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1994
- Peak year (1993)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Kray by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Kray's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kray births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kray: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1992–1994 (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 Kray 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.