Boys' name · since 1948
Kregg
Kregg has 393 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1961 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,120 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 393
- born since 1948
- 1960s
- peak decade
Kregg is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 393 have been recorded since 1948.
Kregg has 393 recorded births among boys since 1948, 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 1948 to 1991.
- #9,120 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 393 born since 1948
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kregg ranks #9,120 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 393 born since 1948, peaking in the 1960s.
- #9,120 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 393
- born since 1948
- 1960s
- peak decade
Kregg's 393 recorded births place it above 79.93% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kregg's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kregg splits its recorded history at 1971: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1961 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kregg popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1991
- Peak year (1961)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Kregg by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (169 births, 43% of the file).
1960s was Kregg's strongest decade.
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Kregg births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 48
1950s
48 births
- 1960s
1960s
169 births
- 1970s
1970s
99 births
- 1980s 61
1980s
61 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 169 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Kregg's decade-level peak was the 1960s (169 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- 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 Kregg: 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 (~43 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, 1948–1991 (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 Kregg 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.