Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning “grey,” originally given to someone with grey hair or grey clothing.
20062006: 70 births, rank #1,919
2007: 81 births, rank #1,795
2008: 77 births, rank #1,874
2009: 89 births, rank #1,731
2010: 97 births, rank #1,612
20112011: 97 births, rank #1,587
2012: 120 births, rank #1,391
2013: 121 births, rank #1,387
2014: 127 births, rank #1,348
2015: 141 births, rank #1,271
20162016: 144 births, rank #1,266
2017: 145 births, rank #1,256
2018: 148 births, rank #1,244
2019: 156 births, rank #1,218
2020: 151 births, rank #1,237
20212021: 167 births, rank #1,179
2022: 164 births, rank #1,209
2023: 175 births, rank #1,172
2024: 142 births, rank #1,344
20252025: 128 births, rank #1,418
Gray moved from #869 to #990 for boys between 1900 and 1901. Its highest annual birth count came in 1900, with 10 births.