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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Gregory” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gregory” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gregory” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gregory” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gregory” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gregory” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gregory” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gregory” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1898 14 0.000036702 14 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 -100%
1901 16 0.000046268 16 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 -100%
1904 16 0.000039655 16 -100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 -100%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 -100%
1908 26 0.000053208 26 -100%
1909 26 0.000050858 26 -100%
1910 25 0.000042322 25 -100%
1911 36 0.000055877 36 -100%
1912 65 0.000065785 65 -100%
1913 85 0.000074751 85 -100%
1914 107 0.000075547 107 -100%
1915 135 0.000073673 135 -100%
1916 144 0.000074441 144 -100%
1917 158 0.000078734 158 -100%
1918 175 0.000080604 175 -100%
1919 163 0.000077242 163 -100%
1920 179 0.000079111 179 -100%
1921 184 0.000078818 184 -100%
1922 220 0.000096105 220 -100%
1923 191 0.000082954 191 -100%
1924 226 0.000094894 226 -100%
1925 212 0.000090858 212 -100%
1926 243 0.000105841 243 -100%
1927 241 0.000103908 241 -100%
1928 260 0.000114997 260 -100%
1929 242 0.000110393 5 237 -96%
1930 248 0.000111547 248 -100%
1931 255 0.000121175 255 -100%
1932 283 0.000134041 283 -100%
1933 260 0.000130036 6 254 -95%
1934 334 0.000160823 5 329 -97%
1935 368 0.000176085 368 -100%
1936 393 0.000189163 393 -100%
1937 512 0.0002403 5 507 -98%
1938 536 0.000242252 536 -100%
1939 596 0.000270486 596 -100%
1940 756 0.000328312 756 -100%
1941 831 0.000341073 7 824 -98%
1942 1027 0.00037594 1027 -100%
1943 1134 0.000401763 1134 -100%
1944 1305 0.000485116 1305 -100%
1945 2485 0.000936707 11 2474 -99%
1946 5686 0.001779485 14 5672 -100%
1947 9347 0.002594715 20 9327 -100%
1948 9745 0.002822578 21 9724 -100%
1949 10999 0.0031563 20 10979 -100%
1950 13338 0.003807204 27 13311 -100%
1951 14136 0.003837405 33 14103 -100%
1952 15225 0.004008683 35 15190 -100%
1953 16195 0.004202516 35 16160 -100%
1954 17671 0.00443916 47 17624 -99%
1955 19877 0.004950586 62 19815 -99%
1956 21143 0.005128016 62 21081 -99%
1957 21534 0.005124528 59 21475 -99%
1958 19882 0.004809497 73 19809 -99%
1959 19947 0.004797268 62 19885 -99%
1960 20380 0.004906333 78 20302 -99%
1961 21449 0.00517804 89 21360 -99%
1962 22058 0.005466163 87 21971 -99%
1963 21509 0.005434036 89 21420 -99%
1964 19960 0.005134266 75 19885 -99%
1965 18283 0.005042962 78 18205 -99%
1966 17081 0.00491447 75 17006 -99%
1967 15865 0.00467319 89 15776 -99%
1968 15462 0.004576705 68 15394 -99%
1969 16246 0.004674674 75 16171 -99%
1970 16351 0.004533741 64 16287 -99%
1971 14842 0.004324145 80 14762 -99%
1972 13123 0.004175318 64 13059 -99%
1973 11758 0.003897395 85 11673 -99%
1974 10892 0.003582896 63 10829 -99%
1975 10477 0.003469902 78 10399 -99%
1976 10125 0.003336849 64 10061 -99%
1977 10113 0.003183699 60 10053 -99%
1978 9402 0.002962314 60 9342 -99%
1979 9162 0.002753832 54 9108 -99%
1980 9328 0.002708081 60 9268 -99%
1981 8828 0.002551906 70 8758 -98%
1982 10197 0.002906816 51 10146 -99%
1983 10046 0.002900669 64 9982 -99%
1984 9755 0.002796126 68 9687 -99%
1985 9840 0.00275699 71 9769 -99%
1986 9604 0.002699969 71 9533 -99%
1987 9194 0.002549913 58 9136 -99%
1988 8697 0.002353694 66 8631 -98%
1989 8797 0.002288236 39 8758 -99%
1990 8400 0.002125249 23 8377 -99%
1991 7578 0.001945439 24 7554 -99%
1992 6515 0.001696052 17 6498 -99%
1993 5824 0.001544713 17 5807 -99%
1994 5144 0.001383669 8 5136 -100%
1995 4454 0.001216224 12 4442 -99%
1996 3999 0.001096459 5 3994 -100%
1997 3813 0.001051645 11 3802 -99%
1998 3436 0.000934151 7 3429 -100%
1999 3055 0.000827047 7 3048 -100%
2000 2844 0.0007524 5 2839 -100%
2001 2478 0.000661967 2478 -100%
2002 2284 0.000610974 5 2279 -100%
2003 2109 0.000554661 2109 -100%
2004 1976 0.000517153 8 1968 -99%
2005 1903 0.000494948 1903 -100%
2006 1833 0.000463325 1833 -100%
2007 1684 0.000421244 5 1679 -99%
2008 1559 0.000396625 1559 -100%
2009 1426 0.000373281 1426 -100%
2010 1287 0.000348239 1287 -100%
2011 1265 0.000345837 1265 -100%
2012 1236 0.000337948 5 1231 -99%
2013 1181 0.000323946 1181 -100%
2014 1110 0.000299484 1110 -100%
2015 987 0.000266691 987 -100%
2016 926 0.000252406 926 -100%
2017 890 0.000248868 890 -100%
2018 787 0.00022384 787 -100%
2019 805 0.000231926 805 -100%
2020 686 0.000205354 686 -100%
2021 607 0.000179164 607 -100%
2022 616 0.00018208 616 -100%
2023 556 0.000167915 556 -100%
2024 553 0.000166141 553 -100%

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