Grey

Meaning: Gray-haired or gray-bearded
Origin: Variant of Gray (from English)

Boy's name · #1014 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Grey is near its high-water mark: it reached #717 in 2021 and still ranked #1014 in 2025. About 6,100 boys have carried it since 1913.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 31 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,952 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,250 in Canada (2024).

Famous Greys

Grey Damon — American actor
Grey Owl — Canadian writer and lecturer (1888–1938) who passed as half Indian in the latter years of his life
Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie — Earl of Gowrie (1939–2021)
Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos — English politician and peer
Grey Zabel — American football player (born 2002)

In stories & tradition

Grey Gargoyle — Journey into Mystery
Grey Brother^it — The Jungle Book (book)

What Greys become

Among 44 notable people named Grey:

Entertainers appear 2.05× more often than among typical names — e.g. Grey Damon, American actor.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Gray (#1418), Grey would rank around #742 with about 350 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Grey and Gray.

Similar names: Gray · Flynn · Greysen · Rey · Gatlin · Kyree

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