Gray
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning grey-haired or grey-colored.
Babies a year
179
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2269
10 babies
Gray by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Gray. In the US, 179 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 144 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gray. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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