Gregg
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GREG
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Gregg is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “watchful, alert”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Gregg mean?
Greek: spelling of Greg; short form of Gregory
“watchful, alert”
Short for Gregory, from Greek gregoros, 'watchful', the name of sixteen popes.
Meaning borrowed from Greg.
Is Gregg a girl's or a boy's name?
Gregg is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gregg in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gregg in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2002. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Gregg in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 2 | #6,266 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 2 | #5,878 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 22 | #746 |
How popular is Gregg in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Gregg, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 1,900 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Gregg in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gregg in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 49 | #1,887 |
| 1996 | 57 | #1,668 |
| 1995 | 67 | #1,451 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,379 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,335 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,074 |
| 1991 | 105 | #1,049 |
| 1990 | 124 | #922 |
| 1989 | 132 | #872 |
| 1988 | 148 | #772 |
| 1987 | 146 | #756 |
| 1986 | 153 | #730 |
| 1985 | 168 | #685 |
| 1984 | 160 | #685 |
| 1983 | 188 | #622 |
| 1982 | 211 | #591 |
| 1981 | 290 | #491 |
| 1980 | 301 | #487 |
| 1979 | 314 | #463 |
| 1978 | 364 | #405 |
| 1977 | 469 | #364 |
| 1976 | 484 | #347 |
| 1975 | 493 | #348 |
| 1974 | 479 | #350 |
| 1973 | 532 | #325 |
| 1972 | 629 | #292 |
| 1971 | 772 | #275 |
| 1970 | 941 | #248 |
| 1969 | 883 | #245 |
| 1968 | 943 | #233 |
| 1967 | 957 | #229 |
| 1966 | 1,134 | #206 |
| 1965 | 1,232 | #202 |
| 1964 | 1,505 | #186 |
| 1963 | 1,750 | #168 |
| 1962 | 1,900 | #167 |
| 1961 | 1,752 | #176 |
| 1960 | 1,736 | #179 |
| 1959 | 1,585 | #187 |
| 1958 | 1,477 | #189 |
| 1957 | 1,545 | #188 |
| 1956 | 1,438 | #195 |
| 1955 | 1,299 | #198 |
| 1954 | 949 | #227 |
| 1953 | 816 | #236 |
| 1952 | 733 | #253 |
| 1951 | 636 | #267 |
| 1950 | 626 | #261 |
| 1949 | 558 | #286 |
| 1948 | 523 | #302 |
| 1947 | 518 | #302 |
| 1946 | 319 | #365 |
| 1945 | 173 | #452 |
| 1944 | 153 | #492 |
| 1943 | 116 | #590 |
| 1942 | 86 | #693 |
| 1941 | 77 | #702 |
| 1940 | 58 | #818 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,070 |
| 1938 | 41 | #992 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,031 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,271 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Gregg
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michael, Patrick, George, David, Billy, James, Jason, Daniel, Christopher, Mark, Peter, Thomas
Names related to Gregg
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gregg: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gregg, updated 20 October 2026.