How Many People Are Named Greg?
people named Greg are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,583 people in the US has this name
Based on 77,849 babies named Greg in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,409 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of GREGORY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Greg in English. Counting Greg and these spellings together, about 89,652 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Greg (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Greg alive today is about 59 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Greg first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1961, to 5,409 babies. In 2025, 21 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Greg never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #77, in 1961 to 1962, and it was in the top 100 for 6 years, 1959 to 1964. In 2025 it ranked #4,760.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,760 |
| Best rank | #77 (1961 to 1962) |
| Years in the top 100 | 6 (1959 to 1964) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #100 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Greg alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Greg were born in California than in any other state: about 7,929 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Greg was given 2.1 times as often in Oregon, 2.1 times in Utah and 2 times in Idaho.
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