Gregory Name Popularity

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How popular is Gregory?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Gregory, ranked the 408th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Gregory has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 21, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1962 and as recently as 1963.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1962 with 21,963 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Gregory was less than 5, most recently in 1891.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Gregory occurred roughly during the years 1903-1918, 1919-1922, and 1931-1956, whereas 1963-1967, 1969-1978, 1991-2010, and 2011-2016 were years of successive downward movement.

The popularity trend for Gregory has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Gregory lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gregory?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Gregory still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Gregory is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Gregory (Girl)		Gregory (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	778	408
2017		< 5	--	887	373
2016		< 5	--	921	359
2015		< 5	--	983	346
2014		< 5	--	1,107	314
2013		< 5	--	1,178	299
2012		5	17,778	1,229	286
2011		< 5	--	1,265	278
2010		< 5	--	1,286	268
2009		< 5	--	1,425	247
2008		< 5	--	1,557	236
2007		5	18,591	1,679	223
2006		< 5	--	1,833	208
2005		< 5	--	1,901	202
2004		8	12,000	1,968	194
2003		< 5	--	2,107	185
2002		5	16,340	2,278	169
2001		< 5	--	2,476	157
2000		5	15,896	2,838	138
1999		7	11,798	3,047	122
1998		7	11,554	3,429	109
1997		11	7,963	3,803	103
1996		5	14,277	3,993	98
1995		12	7,200	4,442	84
1994		8	9,879	5,135	76
1993		17	5,501	5,805	65
1992		17	5,566	6,494	60
1991		24	4,249	7,552	55
1990		23	4,283	8,376	51
1989		39	2,831	8,757	52
1988		66	1,874	8,631	50
1987		58	1,950	9,129	47
1986		71	1,659	9,535	46
1985		71	1,654	9,771	45
1984		68	1,621	9,689	44
1983		64	1,702	9,984	42
1982		51	2,033	10,151	40
1981		70	1,649	8,757	46
1980		60	1,816	9,269	42
1979		54	1,927	9,114	42
1978		60	1,733	9,351	38
1977		60	1,724	10,054	35
1976		64	1,576	10,062	35
1975		78	1,368	10,402	33
1974		63	1,535	10,837	31
1973		84	1,241	11,680	26
1972		65	1,477	13,060	26
1971		80	1,340	14,767	25
1970		64	1,532	16,291	26
1969		75	1,307	16,173	26
1968		68	1,354	15,405	26
1967		89	1,112	15,780	25
1966		75	1,244	17,010	23
1965		79	1,210	18,206	23
1964		74	1,298	19,887	22
1963		89	1,158	21,431	21
1962		87	1,181	21,963	21
1961		89	1,170	21,354	23
1960		78	1,241	20,309	24
1959		62	1,364	19,876	23
1958		73	1,244	19,785	23
1957		60	1,368	21,447	23
1956		62	1,323	21,087	24
1955		62	1,280	19,809	24
1954		47	1,470	17,615	25
1953		35	1,688	16,163	24
1952		35	1,654	15,197	24
1951		33	1,678	14,104	25
1950		27	1,847	13,311	25
1949		20	2,236	10,980	31
1948		21	2,151	9,723	32
1947		20	2,229	9,325	33
1946		14	2,656	5,670	57
1945		11	2,805	2,475	96
1944		< 5	--	1,306	152
1943		< 5	--	1,133	163
1942		< 5	--	1,027	165
1941		7	3,720	824	183
1940		< 5	--	756	189
1939		< 5	--	597	204
1938		< 5	--	536	225
1937		5	4,501	507	234
1936		< 5	--	393	273
1935		< 5	--	368	282
1934		5	4,559	329	299
1933		6	3,925	254	333
1932		< 5	--	283	327
1931		< 5	--	256	341
1930		< 5	--	248	363
1929		5	4,871	237	375
1928		< 5	--	260	357
1927		< 5	--	242	379
1926		< 5	--	243	376
1925		< 5	--	212	409
1924		< 5	--	226	408
1923		< 5	--	191	440
1922		< 5	--	220	407
1921		< 5	--	184	453
1920		< 5	--	180	454
1919		< 5	--	163	466
1918		< 5	--	175	448
1917		< 5	--	158	451
1916		< 5	--	144	477
1915		< 5	--	135	477
1914		< 5	--	107	468
1913		< 5	--	85	465
1912		< 5	--	65	492
1911		< 5	--	36	491
1910		< 5	--	25	573
1909		< 5	--	26	511
1908		< 5	--	26	493
1907		< 5	--	21	523
1906		< 5	--	16	601
1905		< 5	--	13	682
1904		< 5	--	16	575
1903		< 5	--	10	751
1902		< 5	--	10	768
1901		< 5	--	16	496
1900		< 5	--	12	759
1899		< 5	--	11	635
1898		< 5	--	14	588
1897		< 5	--	8	818
1896		< 5	--	10	748
1895		< 5	--	9	761
1894		< 5	--	10	694
1893		< 5	--	9	726
1892		< 5	--	9	766
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	12	579
1889		< 5	--	6	922
1888		< 5	--	5	1,097
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	7	795
1885		< 5	--	5	999
1884		< 5	--	5	1,039
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	6	816
1880		< 5	--	5	967

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.