Grey
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Grey is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “grey”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 1,014th for boys in the US (222 babies).
What does Grey mean?
English: English surname and colour word
“grey”
From an English surname that began as a nickname for someone with grey hair.
- Say it
- GRAY
Is Grey a girl's or a boy's name?
Grey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 31 girls and 222 boys in the US.
How popular is Grey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Grey, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 28 boys.
Half of all the boys named Grey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were given Grey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,127, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
- Grey 13
- Gray 10
In 2022, 14% of the babies named Grey in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Grey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,082 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Grey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,014among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 222about 1 in 7,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 222 boys in the US were named Grey, making it the 1,014th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 777th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 362 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913. 31 girls were also named Grey in 2025 (4,459th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Grey than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Grey in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 360 boys in the US were given Grey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #692, up from #1,014 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 12% of the babies named Grey in the US were girls.
Grey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 | #1,014 |
| 2024 | 276 | #873 |
| 2023 | 276 | #863 |
| 2022 | 333 | #759 |
| 2021 | 362 | #717 |
| 2020 | 302 | #777 |
| 2019 | 335 | #725 |
| 2018 | 331 | #723 |
| 2017 | 327 | #732 |
| 2016 | 321 | #757 |
| 2015 | 234 | #916 |
| 2014 | 236 | #909 |
| 2013 | 204 | #981 |
| 2012 | 185 | #1,040 |
| 2011 | 126 | #1,344 |
| 2010 | 106 | #1,525 |
| 2009 | 132 | #1,314 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,452 |
| 2007 | 103 | #1,527 |
| 2006 | 87 | #1,638 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 69 | #1,801 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,002 |
| 2002 | 55 | #1,994 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 42 | #2,294 |
| 1999 | 51 | #1,900 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,817 |
| 1993 | 38 | #2,086 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
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