Greg
Boy · GREG · Greek
Greg is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “watchful, alert”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Greg mean?
Greek: short form of Gregory
“watchful, alert”
Short for Gregory, from Greek gregoros, 'watchful', the name of sixteen popes.
- Say it
- GREG
Is Greg a girl's or a boy's name?
Greg is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Greg in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 203 boys.
Half of all the boys named Greg in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Greg in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 2 | #6,210 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 28 | #973 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 51 | #576 |
| 2004 | 63 | #475 |
| 2003 | 62 | #453 |
| 2002 | 58 | #436 |
| 2001 | 111 | #278 |
| 2000 | 120 | #268 |
| 1999 | 152 | #223 |
| 1998 | 179 | #202 |
| 1997 | 203 | #188 |
| 1996 | 192 | #188 |
How popular is Greg in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Greg, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 5,397 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Greg in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Greg in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,662 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 72 | #1,876 |
| 2005 | 91 | #1,544 |
| 2004 | 86 | #1,539 |
| 2003 | 73 | #1,684 |
| 2002 | 70 | #1,679 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,477 |
| 2000 | 79 | #1,510 |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,380 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,156 |
| 1997 | 99 | #1,195 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,077 |
| 1995 | 129 | #975 |
| 1994 | 134 | #949 |
| 1993 | 148 | #872 |
| 1992 | 173 | #793 |
| 1991 | 177 | #767 |
| 1990 | 204 | #707 |
| 1989 | 233 | #651 |
| 1988 | 205 | #658 |
| 1987 | 286 | #535 |
| 1986 | 270 | #543 |
| 1985 | 332 | #474 |
| 1984 | 388 | #420 |
| 1983 | 414 | #399 |
| 1982 | 438 | #385 |
| 1981 | 474 | #368 |
| 1980 | 558 | #336 |
| 1979 | 571 | #326 |
| 1978 | 694 | #278 |
| 1977 | 824 | #249 |
| 1976 | 857 | #237 |
| 1975 | 952 | #218 |
| 1974 | 1,097 | #200 |
| 1973 | 1,300 | #181 |
| 1972 | 1,438 | #173 |
| 1971 | 1,695 | #163 |
| 1970 | 2,007 | #154 |
| 1969 | 1,984 | #152 |
| 1968 | 2,047 | #142 |
| 1967 | 2,100 | #140 |
| 1966 | 2,454 | #126 |
| 1965 | 3,181 | #105 |
| 1964 | 3,972 | #95 |
| 1963 | 4,854 | #81 |
| 1962 | 5,365 | #77 |
| 1961 | 5,397 | #77 |
| 1960 | 5,084 | #83 |
| 1959 | 4,635 | #91 |
| 1958 | 3,790 | #105 |
| 1957 | 2,972 | #127 |
| 1956 | 1,603 | #182 |
| 1955 | 1,166 | #210 |
| 1954 | 953 | #226 |
| 1953 | 798 | #238 |
| 1952 | 769 | #242 |
| 1951 | 739 | #247 |
| 1950 | 804 | #228 |
| 1949 | 868 | #214 |
| 1948 | 1,189 | #178 |
| 1947 | 1,316 | #171 |
| 1946 | 806 | #212 |
| 1945 | 355 | #314 |
| 1944 | 188 | #445 |
| 1943 | 145 | #518 |
| 1942 | 101 | #629 |
| 1941 | 76 | #708 |
| 1940 | 57 | #830 |
| 1939 | 55 | #818 |
| 1938 | 49 | #897 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,119 |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,169 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
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