NameTides

Grey

Grey was the #1,014 boys' name in the US in 2025 (222 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Grey as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Grey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Grey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,014 (222)#1,897 (13)—#1,251 (19)
2024#873 (276)#2,444 (9)—#1,205 (19)
2023#863 (276)#1,800 (13)—#819 (30)
2022#759 (333)#1,420 (18)—#745 (34)
2021#717 (362)#1,250 (21)—#833 (30)
2020#777 (302)#1,379 (18)—#847 (28)
2019#725 (335)#1,113 (24)#609 (4)#973 (23)
2018#723 (331)#1,235 (21)—#910 (25)
2017#732 (327)#1,812 (13)—#890 (26)
2016#757 (321)#2,027 (11)—#971 (23)
2015#916 (234)#3,908 (4)—#1,041 (20)
2014#909 (236)#3,895 (4)—#1,152 (17)
2013#981 (204)#3,822 (4)—#1,470 (12)
2012#1,040 (185)——#1,033 (20)
2011#1,344 (126)——#1,681 (10)

Grey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Grey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Grey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,460 (31)——
2024#3,081 (52)—#3,383 (5)
2023#3,274 (49)——
2022#2,928 (57)#5,670 (3)#1,989 (10)
2021#2,233 (83)—#2,021 (10)
2020#2,500 (69)—#3,251 (5)
2019#2,538 (69)#5,591 (3)#2,188 (9)
2018#2,557 (68)#3,518 (6)#2,892 (6)
2017#2,508 (71)#4,063 (5)#2,876 (6)
2016#2,697 (64)—#2,892 (6)
2015#2,501 (72)—#3,286 (5)
2014#2,290 (81)—#2,374 (8)
2013#3,513 (44)——
2012#3,644 (43)——
2011#4,681 (30)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #717.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.
  • In 2025, 12% of US babies named Grey were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 53,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Grey is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,500 to 1 in 9,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Grey by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #668INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: #409UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Grey (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GreyCanadaGirls—too few
GreyCanadaBoys#1,25119
GreyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
GreyEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
GreyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
GreyScotlandBoys—too few
GreyUSGirls#4,46031
GreyUSBoys#1,014222