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Gregory

Gender
Boy
Say it
GREG-o-ree
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#1,473 for boys
US rank, 2025
#593 for boys

Gregory is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “watchful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 593rd for boys in the US (493 babies).

What does Gregory mean?

Greek: from Greek Gregorios

“watchful”

Borne by 16 popes, including Gregory the Great, who sent missionaries to convert the English in 597.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Gregory is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 493 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Gregory in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,473among boys
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 16,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Gregory, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 370 boys.

2025 had the fewest boys named Gregory since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Gregory in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#94), 1964 (#78), 1974 (#81) and 1984 (#85).

1996Busiest: 370 in 19972025
Gregory in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202519#1,473
202421#1,355
202327#1,160
202226#1,157
202130#1,064
202032#981
201930#1,037
201835#940
201753#727
201652#728
201547#764
201449#729
201364#608
201264#619
201160#635
201060#624
200968#552
200862#592
200773#510
200695#400
200594#369
200489#366
2003126#276
2002132#252
2001159#219
2000218#176
1999248#157
1998319#141
1997370#131
1996347#132

How popular is Gregory in the US?

Rank in 2025
#593among boys
Babies in 2025
493about 1 in 3,500 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 493 boys in the US were named Gregory, making it the 593rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 434th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 21,976 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Gregory than any year since 1936.

Half of all the boys named Gregory in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 21,976 in 19622025
Gregory in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025493#593
2024554#538
2023557#529
2022616#495
2021608#486
2020686#434
2019806#388
2018787#408
2017890#373
2016926#359
2015987#346
20141,110#314
20131,182#296
20121,231#286
20111,265#279
20101,287#268
20091,426#247
20081,559#236
20071,679#223
20061,833#208
20051,903#202
20041,968#194
20032,110#185
20022,279#169
20012,478#157
20002,839#138
19993,048#122
19983,429#109
19973,802#103
19963,994#98
19954,442#84
19945,137#76
19935,807#65
19926,498#60
19917,555#55
19908,378#51
19898,760#52
19888,629#50
19879,135#47
19869,529#46
19859,767#45
19849,688#44
19839,980#42
198210,144#40
19818,756#46
19809,267#42
19799,109#42
19789,340#38
197710,052#35
197610,060#35
197510,400#33
197410,826#31
197311,674#26
197213,056#26
197114,760#26
197016,286#26
196916,166#26
196815,392#26
196715,775#25
196617,009#23
196518,205#23
196419,884#22
196321,420#21
196221,976#21
196121,364#23
196020,304#24
195919,889#23
195819,810#23
195721,472#23
195621,082#24
195519,815#24
195417,625#25
195316,160#24
195215,191#24
195114,102#25
195013,311#25
194910,979#31
19489,724#32
19479,327#33
19465,672#56
19452,474#96
19441,305#152
19431,134#163
19421,027#165
1941824#183
1940756#189
1939596#205
1938536#224
1937507#234
1936393#272
1935368#282
1934329#299
1933254#333
1932283#327
1931255#342
1930248#363
1929237#374
1928260#356
1927241#380
1926243#374
1925212#409
1924226#407
1923191#440
1922220#407
1921184#453
1920179#454
1919163#464
1918175#448
1917158#450
1916144#477
1915135#475
1914107#466
191385#465
191265#491
191136#489
191025#569
190926#505
190826#489
190721#511
190616#590
190513#666
190416#566
190310#734
190210#743
190116#487
190012#742
189911#613
189814#572
18978#786
189610#722
18959#738
189410#667
18939#705
18929#747
18910–
189012#566
18896#878
18885#1,030
18870–
18867#758
18855#935
18845#971
18830–
18820–
18816#780
18805#909

Nicknames for Gregory

Names like Gregory

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Timothy Anthony Christopher Nicholas Michael Billy Jason Daniel Toby Alexander Patrick David

Names related to Gregory

Gregor Gregorio Greggory Grigor

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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, “Gregory: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gregory, updated 20 October 2026.