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How popular is the name Gregg?

Births per year, rank history and how many Greggs are alive today.

Gregg (male), a spelling of Greg, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2006 (ranked 3385th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 14 babies were given the name, the 976th most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Greg you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Gregs born in England and Wales are between 27 and 35, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Greg - on average, only one in every 303 such rooms contains a Greg.

How many babies are named Gregg each year?

Includes all spellings: Gregg, Greg. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0255075200020201996: 791997: 841998: 601999: 702000: 412001: 352002: 232003: 152004: 272005: 202006: 132007: 82008: 62009: 42010: 102012: 42013: 42014: 32015: 42017: 42020: 32021: 3actual

Where does the Gregg spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020001996: ranked 9761997: ranked 1,0101998: ranked 1,6421999: ranked 1,1302000: ranked 2,1422001: ranked 3,1342002: ranked 2,6362003: ranked 2,8572004: ranked 3,6512006: ranked 3,385

Where does the Greg spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3541997: ranked 3411998: ranked 4121999: ranked 3872000: ranked 5372001: ranked 5902002: ranked 9072003: ranked 1,4102004: ranked 8752005: ranked 1,0472006: ranked 1,8922007: ranked 2,2112008: ranked 2,7752009: ranked 3,7442010: ranked 2,0362012: ranked 3,9872013: ranked 3,8222014: ranked 4,6322015: ranked 3,9082017: ranked 3,9962020: ranked 4,6082021: ranked 4,789

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Gregg per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2021, peaking at about 84 in 1997
Gregg: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2021. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Gregg most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Greg, peaked in 1997, when 84 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Gregg spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 14 babies.

How many people are called Gregg?

At least 1,000 people named Gregg in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Gregg?

Most living Greggs are between 27 and 35; the most common age is about 30.

Is Gregg becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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