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Grey is the more common spelling in Britain and Australia. This color name has a softness and ambiguity which makes it equally lovely for a boy or a girl.

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The name Grey peaked for girls at #2233 in 2021. The name is most popular in Washington, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Grey is occasionally used for boys in 2025.

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The girls have Violet and Scarlet and Ruby and Rose, but for the boys there's a much more limited palette of color names. Grey/Gray is one exception, which could make for a soft and evocative—if slightly somber—choice, especially in the middle. Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney named their son Leo Grey. 
 A common surname, Grey/Gray is still an unusual first name choice (it entered the Top 1000 for the first time in 2013), while longer forms Grayson and Greyson are climbing rapidly. Grey is a color associated with the sign of Virgo, so Grey, Gray, and Grayson are perfect <a href="https://nameberry.com/blog/virgo-baby-names-are-pure">names for Virgo babies</a>.
 The best known bearer of the name, former Governor Gray Davis of California, was born Joseph Graham Davis, Jr, and others with Grey/Gray names include Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair, and Grayer, the child in The Nanny Diaries.
 It's worth noting the connection to Christian Grey, of E. L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey. Do with that what you will.

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The name Grey peaked for boys at #717 in 2021. The name is most popular in Utah, Montana, and Utah. Grey is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

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Year	US rank	Births	Per million
2014	#2,292	81	45.3
2015	#2,511	72	40.3
2016	#2,717	64	36.1
2017	#2,520	71	41.1
2018	#2,569	68	40
2019	#2,544	69	41.1
2020	#2,508	69	42.7
2021	#2,233	83	50.6
2022	#2,935	57	34.8
2023	#3,291	49	30.5
2024	#3,085	52	32.1
2025	#4,487	31	19.3

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