Gray Name Popularity
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How popular is Gray?
In 2018 the uncommon name Gray, ranked the 1,249th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.This once, top 1000 name, Gray is currently less popular.
Its highest popularity RANKING of #838 was reached in 1889.
However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2018 with 147 occurrences.
The least number of children given the name Gray was less than 5, most recently in 1910.
Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Gray occurred roughly during the years 1916-1920, 1943-1947, 1951-1955, 1959-1962, 1981-1989, 2002-2007, and 2008-2012, whereas 1937-1940 were years of successive downward movement.
For a number of years, the name Gray has been soaring upward in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Gray lately has risen.
What does the future hold for the popularity of Gray?
Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.
The name Gray is still rare but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.
Gray (Girl) | Gray (Boy) | ||||
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Year | % | No. of Babies Given Name | Popul. Rank | No. of Babies Given Name | Popul. Rank |
2018 | 39 | 3,793 | 147 | 1,249 | |
2017 | 35 | 4,155 | 145 | 1,257 | |
2016 | 44 | 3,534 | 144 | 1,266 | |
2015 | 45 | 3,492 | 141 | 1,272 | |
2014 | 47 | 3,381 | 127 | 1,352 | |
2013 | 26 | 5,189 | 121 | 1,388 | |
2012 | 17 | 7,237 | 120 | 1,391 | |
2011 | 22 | 6,006 | 97 | 1,590 | |
2010 | 24 | 5,674 | 97 | 1,618 | |
2009 | 20 | 6,650 | 89 | 1,735 | |
2008 | 17 | 7,517 | 76 | 1,906 | |
2007 | 14 | 8,681 | 81 | 1,801 | |
2006 | 11 | 10,143 | 70 | 1,925 | |
2005 | 11 | 9,675 | 54 | 2,215 | |
2004 | < 5 | -- | 54 | 2,170 | |
2003 | < 5 | -- | 57 | 2,014 | |
2002 | < 5 | -- | 46 | 2,268 | |
2001 | 6 | 14,130 | 51 | 2,067 | |
2000 | < 5 | -- | 39 | 2,451 | |
1999 | < 5 | -- | 53 | 1,867 | |
1998 | < 5 | -- | 38 | 2,323 | |
1997 | < 5 | -- | 42 | 2,111 | |
1996 | 5 | 14,275 | 56 | 1,694 | |
1995 | < 5 | -- | 52 | 1,716 | |
1994 | 7 | 10,954 | 57 | 1,620 | |
1993 | < 5 | -- | 54 | 1,645 | |
1992 | < 5 | -- | 29 | 2,487 | |
1991 | < 5 | -- | 22 | 2,940 | |
1990 | < 5 | -- | 30 | 2,333 | |
1989 | < 5 | -- | 49 | 1,624 | |
1988 | < 5 | -- | 28 | 2,213 | |
1987 | 5 | 11,925 | 37 | 1,766 | |
1986 | < 5 | -- | 21 | 2,548 | |
1985 | < 5 | -- | 26 | 2,145 | |
1984 | < 5 | -- | 29 | 1,907 | |
1983 | < 5 | -- | 15 | 2,967 | |
1982 | < 5 | -- | 18 | 2,633 | |
1981 | < 5 | -- | 18 | 2,614 | |
1980 | < 5 | -- | 17 | 2,764 | |
1979 | < 5 | -- | 16 | 2,815 | |
1978 | < 5 | -- | 20 | 2,312 | |
1977 | < 5 | -- | 18 | 2,493 | |
1976 | < 5 | -- | 9 | 3,825 | |
1975 | < 5 | -- | 22 | 2,085 | |
1974 | < 5 | -- | 19 | 2,225 | |
1973 | < 5 | -- | 28 | 1,670 | |
1972 | < 5 | -- | 23 | 1,887 | |
1971 | < 5 | -- | 21 | 2,005 | |
1970 | < 5 | -- | 27 | 1,672 | |
1969 | < 5 | -- | 28 | 1,540 | |
1968 | < 5 | -- | 28 | 1,486 | |
1967 | < 5 | -- | 20 | 1,779 | |
1966 | < 5 | -- | 27 | 1,492 | |
1965 | < 5 | -- | 26 | 1,537 | |
1964 | < 5 | -- | 30 | 1,447 | |
1963 | < 5 | -- | 38 | 1,263 | |
1962 | < 5 | -- | 49 | 1,096 | |
1961 | < 5 | -- | 26 | 1,586 | |
1960 | < 5 | -- | 34 | 1,370 | |
1959 | < 5 | -- | 37 | 1,286 | |
1958 | < 5 | -- | 41 | 1,212 | |
1957 | < 5 | -- | 33 | 1,376 | |
1956 | < 5 | -- | 39 | 1,221 | |
1955 | < 5 | -- | 41 | 1,177 | |
1954 | 6 | 5,365 | 30 | 1,395 | |
1953 | < 5 | -- | 28 | 1,441 | |
1952 | < 5 | -- | 32 | 1,330 | |
1951 | < 5 | -- | 24 | 1,536 | |
1950 | 5 | 5,592 | 27 | 1,411 | |
1949 | < 5 | -- | 32 | 1,285 | |
1948 | < 5 | -- | 23 | 1,535 | |
1947 | < 5 | -- | 35 | 1,243 | |
1946 | < 5 | -- | 25 | 1,421 | |
1945 | < 5 | -- | 17 | 1,653 | |
1944 | 5 | 4,823 | 21 | 1,498 | |
1943 | < 5 | -- | 14 | 2,021 | |
1942 | < 5 | -- | 24 | 1,439 | |
1941 | < 5 | -- | 27 | 1,283 | |
1940 | < 5 | -- | 11 | 2,234 | |
1939 | < 5 | -- | 16 | 1,749 | |
1938 | < 5 | -- | 15 | 1,852 | |
1937 | < 5 | -- | 20 | 1,552 | |
1936 | < 5 | -- | 13 | 1,997 | |
1935 | 5 | 4,482 | 18 | 1,682 | |
1934 | < 5 | -- | 19 | 1,633 | |
1933 | < 5 | -- | 13 | 2,033 | |
1932 | < 5 | -- | 15 | 1,950 | |
1931 | < 5 | -- | 13 | 2,146 | |
1930 | < 5 | -- | 16 | 1,919 | |
1929 | < 5 | -- | 14 | 2,135 | |
1928 | < 5 | -- | 14 | 2,207 | |
1927 | < 5 | -- | 17 | 1,983 | |
1926 | < 5 | -- | 18 | 1,862 | |
1925 | < 5 | -- | 22 | 1,655 | |
1924 | < 5 | -- | 22 | 1,696 | |
1923 | < 5 | -- | 18 | 1,900 | |
1922 | < 5 | -- | 20 | 1,786 | |
1921 | 5 | 5,435 | 17 | 2,012 | |
1920 | < 5 | -- | 33 | 1,263 | |
1919 | 7 | 4,010 | 25 | 1,461 | |
1918 | < 5 | -- | 17 | 1,941 | |
1917 | < 5 | -- | 17 | 1,851 | |
1916 | < 5 | -- | 13 | 2,197 | |
1915 | < 5 | -- | 29 | 1,226 | |
1914 | < 5 | -- | 12 | 1,909 | |
1913 | 6 | 2,985 | 6 | 2,620 | |
1912 | 5 | 3,165 | 14 | 1,303 | |
1911 | < 5 | -- | 7 | 1,448 | |
1910 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1909 | < 5 | -- | 5 | 1,552 | |
1908 | < 5 | -- | 6 | 1,284 | |
1907 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1906 | < 5 | -- | 5 | 1,315 | |
1905 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1904 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1903 | < 5 | -- | 6 | 1,068 | |
1902 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1901 | < 5 | -- | 6 | 990 | |
1900 | < 5 | -- | 10 | 869 | |
1899 | < 5 | -- | 5 | 1,110 | |
1898 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1897 | < 5 | -- | 5 | 1,130 | |
1896 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1895 | < 5 | -- | 5 | 1,152 | |
1894 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1893 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1892 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1891 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1890 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1889 | < 5 | -- | 7 | 838 | |
1888 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1887 | < 5 | -- | 5 | 985 | |
1886 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1885 | < 5 | -- | 5 | 998 | |
1884 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1883 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1882 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1881 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- | |
1880 | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |