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Gray

Late Latin roots

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Origin: Late Latin
1 language contexts: English
Follow the evidence: 5 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Gray

Gray is a unisex given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Late Latin Graecus via Jèrriais and Guernésiais.

Late Latin origin

Source-reported

* As an English, Irish, Scottish, and Norman surname, from the placename Graye-sur-Mer in Calvados, from Late Latin Graecus (“Greek”). * Also as an English surname, from the adjective gray. Compare the Irish calque McGreevy. * As a French surname, from Gray, Haute-Saône in France, from the personal name Gradus, a Gallo-Roman/Celtic pronunciation of Gratus, from the name Gratius.

Sources for this account (3)

Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Gray is used

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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 128 boys (rank 1418). Documented as a given name in English.

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4 of 10 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Gray

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 128; applications; Rank #1,418
Peak year: 2023; 175 applications

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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Gray in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	5	936	observed
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	5	921	observed
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	7	789	observed
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	5	1,079	observed
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	5	1,057	observed
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	5	1,051	observed
1900	10	836	observed
1901	6	943	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	6	1,009	observed
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	5	1,253	observed
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	6	1,217	observed
1909	5	1,440	observed
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	7	1,387	observed
1912	14	1,268	observed
1913	6	2,496	observed
1914	12	1,868	observed
1915	29	1,217	observed
1916	13	2,152	observed
1917	17	1,815	observed
1918	17	1,905	observed
1919	25	1,449	observed
1920	33	1,252	observed
1921	17	1,980	observed
1922	20	1,765	observed
1923	18	1,874	observed
1924	22	1,675	observed
1925	22	1,628	observed
1926	18	1,846	observed
1927	17	1,959	observed
1928	14	2,162	observed
1929	14	2,096	observed
1930	16	1,889	observed
1931	13	2,101	observed
1932	15	1,922	observed
1933	13	1,997	observed
1934	19	1,608	observed
1935	18	1,656	observed
1936	13	1,964	observed
1937	20	1,528	observed
1938	15	1,818	observed
1939	16	1,712	observed
1940	11	2,179	observed
1941	27	1,276	observed
1942	24	1,421	observed
1943	14	1,986	observed
1944	21	1,483	observed
1945	17	1,633	observed
1946	25	1,409	observed
1947	35	1,233	observed
1948	23	1,519	observed
1949	32	1,275	observed
1950	27	1,395	observed
1951	24	1,519	observed
1952	32	1,323	observed
1953	28	1,427	observed
1954	30	1,382	observed
1955	41	1,167	observed
1956	39	1,218	observed
1957	33	1,364	observed
1958	42	1,186	observed
1959	37	1,280	observed
1960	33	1,382	observed
1961	27	1,552	observed
1962	49	1,091	observed
1963	39	1,238	observed
1964	29	1,462	observed
1965	26	1,513	observed
1966	27	1,484	observed
1967	20	1,758	observed
1968	28	1,478	observed
1969	28	1,526	observed
1970	27	1,658	observed
1971	21	1,987	observed
1972	23	1,871	observed
1973	28	1,653	observed
1974	19	2,199	observed
1975	22	2,065	observed
1976	9	3,724	observed
1977	18	2,458	observed
1978	20	2,279	observed
1979	16	2,777	observed
1980	17	2,729	observed
1981	18	2,569	observed
1982	19	2,518	observed
1983	15	2,912	observed
1984	29	1,885	observed
1985	26	2,116	observed
1986	21	2,510	observed
1987	36	1,793	observed
1988	28	2,197	observed
1989	49	1,615	observed
1990	30	2,308	observed
1991	22	2,915	observed
1992	29	2,467	observed
1993	54	1,638	observed
1994	57	1,608	observed
1995	52	1,706	observed
1996	56	1,690	observed
1997	42	2,096	observed
1998	38	2,312	observed
1999	53	1,858	observed
2000	39	2,425	observed
2001	51	2,050	observed
2002	46	2,249	observed
2003	57	2,006	observed
2004	54	2,164	observed
2005	54	2,206	observed
2006	70	1,919	observed
2007	81	1,795	observed
2008	77	1,874	observed
2009	89	1,731	observed
2010	97	1,612	observed
2011	97	1,587	observed
2012	120	1,391	observed
2013	121	1,387	observed
2014	127	1,348	observed
2015	141	1,271	observed
2016	144	1,266	observed
2017	145	1,256	observed
2018	148	1,244	observed
2019	156	1,218	observed
2020	151	1,237	observed
2021	167	1,179	observed
2022	164	1,209	observed
2023	175	1,172	observed
2024	142	1,344	observed
2025	128	1,418	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Gray” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Gray Davis
born 1942
Governor of California from 1999 to 2003
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms4

Wikidata Q29514598CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:En-Gray.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates7

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Gray

Gray is a unisex given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Late Latin Graecus via Jèrriais and Guernésiais.

Late Latin origin

Source-reported

Sources for this account (3)

Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Gray is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Gray’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 128 boys (rank 1418). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 10 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Gray

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 128; applications; Rank #1,418
Peak year: 2023; 175 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Gray in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	5	936	observed
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	5	921	observed
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	7	789	observed
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	5	1,079	observed
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	5	1,057	observed
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	5	1,051	observed
1900	10	836	observed
1901	6	943	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	6	1,009	observed
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	5	1,253	observed
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	6	1,217	observed
1909	5	1,440	observed
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	7	1,387	observed
1912	14	1,268	observed
1913	6	2,496	observed
1914	12	1,868	observed
1915	29	1,217	observed
1916	13	2,152	observed
1917	17	1,815	observed
1918	17	1,905	observed
1919	25	1,449	observed
1920	33	1,252	observed
1921	17	1,980	observed
1922	20	1,765	observed
1923	18	1,874	observed
1924	22	1,675	observed
1925	22	1,628	observed
1926	18	1,846	observed
1927	17	1,959	observed
1928	14	2,162	observed
1929	14	2,096	observed
1930	16	1,889	observed
1931	13	2,101	observed
1932	15	1,922	observed
1933	13	1,997	observed
1934	19	1,608	observed
1935	18	1,656	observed
1936	13	1,964	observed
1937	20	1,528	observed
1938	15	1,818	observed
1939	16	1,712	observed
1940	11	2,179	observed
1941	27	1,276	observed
1942	24	1,421	observed
1943	14	1,986	observed
1944	21	1,483	observed
1945	17	1,633	observed
1946	25	1,409	observed
1947	35	1,233	observed
1948	23	1,519	observed
1949	32	1,275	observed
1950	27	1,395	observed
1951	24	1,519	observed
1952	32	1,323	observed
1953	28	1,427	observed
1954	30	1,382	observed
1955	41	1,167	observed
1956	39	1,218	observed
1957	33	1,364	observed
1958	42	1,186	observed
1959	37	1,280	observed
1960	33	1,382	observed
1961	27	1,552	observed
1962	49	1,091	observed
1963	39	1,238	observed
1964	29	1,462	observed
1965	26	1,513	observed
1966	27	1,484	observed
1967	20	1,758	observed
1968	28	1,478	observed
1969	28	1,526	observed
1970	27	1,658	observed
1971	21	1,987	observed
1972	23	1,871	observed
1973	28	1,653	observed
1974	19	2,199	observed
1975	22	2,065	observed
1976	9	3,724	observed
1977	18	2,458	observed
1978	20	2,279	observed
1979	16	2,777	observed
1980	17	2,729	observed
1981	18	2,569	observed
1982	19	2,518	observed
1983	15	2,912	observed
1984	29	1,885	observed
1985	26	2,116	observed
1986	21	2,510	observed
1987	36	1,793	observed
1988	28	2,197	observed
1989	49	1,615	observed
1990	30	2,308	observed
1991	22	2,915	observed
1992	29	2,467	observed
1993	54	1,638	observed
1994	57	1,608	observed
1995	52	1,706	observed
1996	56	1,690	observed
1997	42	2,096	observed
1998	38	2,312	observed
1999	53	1,858	observed
2000	39	2,425	observed
2001	51	2,050	observed
2002	46	2,249	observed
2003	57	2,006	observed
2004	54	2,164	observed
2005	54	2,206	observed
2006	70	1,919	observed
2007	81	1,795	observed
2008	77	1,874	observed
2009	89	1,731	observed
2010	97	1,612	observed
2011	97	1,587	observed
2012	120	1,391	observed
2013	121	1,387	observed
2014	127	1,348	observed
2015	141	1,271	observed
2016	144	1,266	observed
2017	145	1,256	observed
2018	148	1,244	observed
2019	156	1,218	observed
2020	151	1,237	observed
2021	167	1,179	observed
2022	164	1,209	observed
2023	175	1,172	observed
2024	142	1,344	observed
2025	128	1,418	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms4

Wikidata Q29514598CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: GrayCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:En-Gray.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates7

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Gray

About Gray

Late Latin origin

Where Gray is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Gray Davis

Grae

Grey

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Gray

About Gray

Late Latin origin

Where Gray is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Gray Davis

Grae

Grey

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Gray

Late Latin origin

Where Gray is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Gray Davis

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Grae

Grey

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Gray

Late Latin origin

Where Gray is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Gray Davis

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Grae

Grey

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page