girls:
34 births since 2003
#5682 (1st percentile)
boys:
38 births since 1914
#4548 (1st percentile)
overall:
72 births since 1914
#7667 (1st percentile)
The name Greeley is the #7,667 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 72 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,548 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 38 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,682 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 34 births since 2003.
Greeley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 2003 for girls). Birth data for Greeley is available in 10 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (6 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Greeley is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Greeley were girls. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1914 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (87.2% girls from 2003 to 2023).
For boys, Greeley reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #533) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.
For girls, Greeley reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #939) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Greeley ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 56.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Greeley".
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