Gregor
Boy · GREG-or · Greek
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Gregor is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “watchful”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Gregor mean?
Greek: Scottish, German and Slavic form of Gregory
“watchful”
Scottish, German and Slavic form of Gregory; Gregor Mendel founded the science of genetics.
- Say it
- GREG-or
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Is Gregor a girl's or a boy's name?
Gregor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gregor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Gregor, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 793rd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 167 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Gregor since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Gregor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 316th in Scotland.
Gregor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2020 | 44 | #793 |
| 2019 | 36 | #909 |
| 2018 | 41 | #850 |
| 2017 | 45 | #817 |
| 2016 | 51 | #738 |
| 2015 | 40 | #857 |
| 2014 | 47 | #750 |
| 2013 | 65 | #603 |
| 2012 | 57 | #670 |
| 2011 | 61 | #625 |
| 2010 | 73 | #532 |
| 2009 | 92 | #450 |
| 2008 | 83 | #480 |
| 2007 | 91 | #429 |
| 2006 | 108 | #361 |
| 2005 | 118 | #302 |
| 2004 | 99 | #336 |
| 2003 | 132 | #266 |
| 2002 | 112 | #282 |
| 2001 | 139 | #240 |
| 2000 | 125 | #260 |
| 1999 | 167 | #208 |
| 1998 | 111 | #278 |
| 1997 | 146 | #240 |
| 1996 | 111 | #277 |
How popular is Gregor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Gregor, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the boys named Gregor in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gregor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #1,056 |
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