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Baby name
Gray
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12% girls / 88% boys
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Classic name
5,166births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 1172rank at its peak, in 2023
Where babies named Gray are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Gray is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Gray is most common in North Carolina (6.5 times), Texas (2.2) and California (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Rising name
676births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 3367rank at its peak, in 2014
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 0% | 100% |
| 1900s | 0% | 100% |
| 1910s | 11% | 89% |
| 1920s | 2% | 98% |
| 1930s | 3% | 97% |
| 1940s | 2% | 98% |
| 1950s | 3% | 97% |
| 1960s | 0% | 100% |
| 1970s | 0% | 100% |
| 1980s | 2% | 98% |
| 1990s | 3% | 97% |
| 2000s | 11% | 89% |
| 2010s | 20% | 80% |
| 2020s | 18% | 82% |