Greer

Girl · GREER · Scottish

Greer is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “watchful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,844th for girls in the US (108 babies).

What does Greer mean?

Scottish: Scottish surname contracted from Gregor, ultimately Greek

“watchful”

A Scottish surname from Gregor; actress Greer Garson, born Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, made it a girls' name.

Say it: GREER

Is Greer a girl's or a boy's name?

Greer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 108 girls and 29 boys in the US.

How popular is Greer in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 girls.

1996Busiest: 5 in 20052023

Greer in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2023	1	#7,582
2022	1	#7,487
2021	2	#7,411
2020	0	–
2019	3	#5,804
2018	1	#7,536
2017	0	–
2016	1	#7,664
2015	1	#7,629
2014	0	–
2013	2	#7,600
2012	0	–
2011	2	#7,640
2010	1	#7,520
2009	1	#7,377
2008	0	–
2007	1	#7,017
2006	2	#6,613
2005	5	#3,543
2004	0	–
2003	1	#5,865
2002	4	#3,556
2001	2	#5,287
2000	3	#4,074
1999	1	#5,182
1998	2	#5,081
1997	3	#3,991
1996	1	#5,054

How popular is Greer in the US?

Rank in 2025: #1,844among girls
Babies in 2025: 108about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steadyup 10% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 108 girls in the US were named Greer, making it the 1,844th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,100th. It first appears in the records in 1941. 29 boys were also named Greer in 2025 (3,756th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Greer of any year since it first appeared, in 1941.

Half of all the girls named Greer in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 128 girls in the US were given Greer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,420, up from #1,844 for this spelling alone.

Greer 108
Grier 20

In 2025, 79% of the babies named Greer in the US were girls.

1941Busiest: 108 in 20252025

Greer in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	108	#1,844
2024	99	#1,980
2023	76	#2,379
2022	89	#2,142
2021	97	#1,991
2020	87	#2,100
2019	83	#2,217
2018	88	#2,145
2017	89	#2,144
2016	98	#2,017
2015	88	#2,152
2014	65	#2,681
2013	60	#2,836
2012	51	#3,212
2011	52	#3,172
2010	53	#3,122
2009	52	#3,188
2008	49	#3,376
2007	53	#3,214
2006	39	#3,853
2005	40	#3,642
2004	49	#3,123
2003	45	#3,228
2002	34	#3,806
2001	35	#3,699
2000	45	#3,066
1999	56	#2,524
1998	40	#3,113
1997	55	#2,388
1996	60	#2,226
1995	47	#2,618
1994	35	#3,229
1993	36	#3,153
1992	38	#3,031
1991	24	#4,202
1990	29	#3,618
1989	25	#3,887
1988	23	#3,888
1987	29	#3,166
1986	27	#3,275
1985	23	#3,620
1984	32	#2,780
1983	20	#3,805
1982	17	#4,346
1981	21	#3,738
1980	15	#4,742
1979	15	#4,625
1978	12	#5,214
1977	16	#4,234
1976	14	#4,361
1975	22	#3,155
1974	14	#4,226
1973	20	#3,232
1972	18	#3,404
1971	15	#3,941
1970	24	#2,856
1969	19	#3,101
1968	17	#3,168
1967	18	#2,963
1966	25	#2,406
1965	18	#2,937
1964	27	#2,347
1963	21	#2,703
1962	35	#1,946
1961	21	#2,672
1960	15	#3,211
1959	18	#2,759
1958	12	#3,542
1957	10	#3,929
1956	14	#3,185
1955	14	#3,094
1954	17	#2,694
1953	18	#2,515
1952	18	#2,501
1951	11	#3,283
1950	15	#2,651
1949	15	#2,619
1948	16	#2,490
1947	27	#1,862
1946	23	#1,918
1945	25	#1,659
1944	13	#2,510
1943	37	#1,341
1942	15	#2,310
1941	5	#4,418

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Other spellings of Greer

Grier

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