Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Gregory

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gregory
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.5% from peak

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

21,971

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

97.5%

2024

553

All-time

711,405

Gregory once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1962, when 21,971 boys were named Gregory.

In 2024, only 553 boys were given the name.

Down 97.5% from its peak.

All told, about 711,405 Americans have been named Gregory and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.5% from peak

In 1962:21,971 boys named Gregory

In 2024:553 boys named Gregory

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