Names / Boy names
Gray
Current rank
#1,418
holding steady
All-time peak
#838
in 1889
First recorded
1885
in U.S. data
Children named
5,800
since 1885
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #838 in 1889 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Gray first shows up in American naming records in 1885, where it reads as a boys' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Its strongest year was 1889, at #838 nationally. Over 5,800 have carried it since records began.