Gray is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2695 for boy births in the United States, given to 150 babies. Gray first appears in the data in 1885 and reached its peak in 2021 (211 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 | #2,695 |
| 2024 | 167 | #2,542 |
| 2023 | 208 | #2,182 |
| 2022 | 205 | #2,216 |
| 2021 | 211 | #2,155 |
| 2020 | 188 | #2,264 |
| 2019 | 191 | #2,270 |
| 2018 | 187 | #2,294 |
| 2017 | 180 | #2,364 |
| 2016 | 188 | #2,306 |
| 2015 | 186 | #2,320 |
| 2014 | 174 | #2,404 |
| 2013 | 147 | #2,690 |
| 2012 | 137 | #2,826 |
| 2011 | 119 | #3,104 |
| 2010 | 121 | #3,077 |
| 2009 | 109 | #3,380 |
| 2008 | 94 | #3,727 |
| 2007 | 95 | #3,684 |
| 2006 | 81 | #4,007 |
| 2005 | 65 | #4,465 |
| 2004 | 54 | #4,943 |
| 2003 | 57 | #4,658 |
| 2002 | 46 | #5,251 |
| 2001 | 57 | #4,482 |
| 2000 | 39 | #5,692 |
| 1999 | 53 | #4,415 |
| 1998 | 38 | #5,376 |
| 1997 | 42 | #4,867 |
| 1996 | 61 | #3,714 |
| 1995 | 52 | #4,055 |
| 1994 | 64 | #3,500 |
| 1993 | 54 | #3,891 |
| 1992 | 29 | #5,945 |
| 1991 | 22 | #7,138 |
| 1990 | 30 | #5,632 |
| 1989 | 49 | #3,845 |
| 1988 | 28 | #5,376 |
| 1987 | 41 | #3,967 |
| 1986 | 21 | #6,081 |
| 1985 | 26 | #5,225 |
| 1984 | 29 | #4,708 |
| 1983 | 15 | #7,199 |
| 1982 | 19 | #6,236 |
| 1981 | 18 | #6,450 |
| 1980 | 17 | #6,699 |
| 1979 | 16 | #6,836 |
| 1978 | 20 | #5,665 |
| 1977 | 18 | #6,074 |
| 1976 | 9 | #9,107 |
| 1975 | 22 | #5,000 |
| 1974 | 19 | #5,356 |
| 1973 | 28 | #4,031 |
| 1972 | 23 | #4,550 |
| 1971 | 21 | #4,898 |
| 1970 | 27 | #4,086 |
| 1969 | 28 | #3,800 |
| 1968 | 28 | #3,583 |
| 1967 | 20 | #4,304 |
| 1966 | 27 | #3,597 |
| 1965 | 26 | #3,693 |
| 1964 | 29 | #3,538 |
| 1963 | 39 | #2,974 |
| 1962 | 49 | #2,590 |
| 1961 | 27 | #3,648 |
| 1960 | 33 | #3,223 |
| 1959 | 37 | #2,984 |
| 1958 | 42 | #2,735 |
| 1957 | 33 | #3,121 |
| 1956 | 39 | #2,798 |
| 1955 | 41 | #2,670 |
| 1954 | 36 | #2,834 |
| 1953 | 28 | #3,200 |
| 1952 | 32 | #2,955 |
| 1951 | 24 | #3,354 |
| 1950 | 32 | #2,806 |
| 1949 | 32 | #2,813 |
| 1948 | 23 | #3,352 |
| 1947 | 35 | #2,726 |
| 1946 | 25 | #3,063 |
| 1945 | 17 | #3,480 |
| 1944 | 26 | #2,770 |
| 1943 | 14 | #4,147 |
| 1942 | 24 | #2,970 |
| 1941 | 27 | #2,644 |
| 1940 | 11 | #4,424 |
| 1939 | 16 | #3,533 |
| 1938 | 15 | #3,700 |
| 1937 | 20 | #3,095 |
| 1936 | 13 | #3,960 |
| 1935 | 23 | #2,821 |
| 1934 | 19 | #3,191 |
| 1933 | 13 | #3,977 |
| 1932 | 15 | #3,784 |
| 1931 | 13 | #4,095 |
| 1930 | 16 | #3,744 |
| 1929 | 14 | #4,104 |
| 1928 | 14 | #4,221 |
| 1927 | 17 | #3,868 |
| 1926 | 18 | #3,687 |
| 1925 | 22 | #3,282 |
| 1924 | 22 | #3,367 |
| 1923 | 18 | #3,771 |
| 1922 | 20 | #3,553 |
| 1921 | 22 | #3,367 |
| 1920 | 33 | #2,536 |
| 1919 | 32 | #2,513 |
| 1918 | 17 | #3,815 |
| 1917 | 17 | #3,666 |
| 1916 | 13 | #4,266 |
| 1915 | 29 | #2,448 |
| 1914 | 12 | #3,672 |
| 1913 | 12 | #3,205 |
| 1912 | 19 | #2,220 |
| 1911 | 7 | #3,187 |
| 1909 | 5 | #3,456 |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,945 |
| 1906 | 5 | #3,057 |
| 1903 | 6 | #2,530 |
| 1901 | 6 | #2,376 |
| 1900 | 10 | #2,032 |
| 1899 | 5 | #2,571 |
| 1897 | 5 | #2,559 |
| 1895 | 5 | #2,625 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,842 |
| 1887 | 5 | #2,139 |
| 1885 | 5 | #2,109 |