Gregg

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gregg: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gregg: Recorded since 1977, its highest recorded position is #273, and it was last ranked in 2006.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#273highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2006

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#1010
1998	#1642
1999	#1130
2000	#2142
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2004	#3651
2006	#3385

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 10 of the 11 years from 1996 to 2006.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1977–2006 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #273 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1977–1986
Highest recorded position: #273 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1977 (recorded 1977–1986).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #3385 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006.
England and Wales · Boys

Gregg appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 10 ranked years and 70 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1977.

Gregg across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gregg's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#976 (1996)	#976 (1996)	#3385 (2006)	10 of 11	70 (1996–2006)	14 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#273 (1977)	#273 (1977)	#317 (1986)	6 of 10	23 (1977–1986)	5 (1977)

Gregg appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1977 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #273 in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Gregg's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1010	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1977 and 2006, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #273, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
9 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,385position in 2006, its most recent recorded year
19 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
14births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Great · #2263, 11y
Greg · #166, 37y
Gregor · #277, 27y
Gregory · #7, 74y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Allister · #272, 17y
Seanan · #272, 16y
Benn · #271, 20y
Scot · #271, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Saima · #273, 47y
Glyn · #272, 23y
Aram · #275, 36y
Lyndon · #271, 34y

Gregg was ranked #273 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gregg and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gregg without appearing here.

Gregg moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2857 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Gregg

Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1642 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1467.
Nils Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2142 and #2501 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1746.
Tor Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2142 and #2501 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1746.
Henrik Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2142 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.

Moved the opposite way to Gregg

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Boys, Gregg went from #976 to #3385 while Albie went from #853 to #421.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Boys, Gregg went from #976 to #3385 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Boys, Gregg went from #976 to #3385 while Archie went from #192 to #40.
Arthur Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Boys, Gregg went from #976 to #3385 while Arthur went from #234 to #120.

Moved the same way as Gregg

Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Boys, Gregg went from #976 to #3385 and Adam from #16 to #26.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Boys, Gregg went from #976 to #3385 and Alan from #163 to #251.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Boys, Gregg went from #976 to #3385 and Alexander from #14 to #24.
Andreas Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Boys, Gregg went from #976 to #3385 and Andreas from #358 to #554.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1977 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #273 in Republic of Ireland in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gregg

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Gregg across 2 official records

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