Kray
Boy · KRAY · Modern
Kray is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Kray mean?
Modern: modern short name, perhaps modelled on Ray or Clay
In Britain the surname is strongly associated with the Kray twins, East End gangsters of the 1960s.
- Say it
- KRAY
Is Kray a girl's or a boy's name?
Kray is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kray in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Kray, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kray in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Kray in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
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