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Gray
Pronounced /ɡɹeɪ/
Rank in 2024
#1,343
Born in 2024
142
Peak year
2023 · #1171
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 142 boys were named Gray, about 1 in every 12,080.
- It peaked in 2023 with 175 babies, ranked #1171.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 5,038 boys have been named Gray since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Gray per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 335 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 300 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 625 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 349 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 541 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,065 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,781 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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.
- A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ɡɹeɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Gray, CC BY-SA 4.0.