Grier
Girl · GREER · Greek
Grier is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “watchful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Grier mean?
Greek: Scottish surname, a contracted form of Gregor
“watchful”
A Scottish surname from Gregor; the actress Greer Garson used the spelling Greer.
- Say it
- GREER
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Is Grier a girl's or a boy's name?
Grier is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Grier in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 2 girls.
Grier in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 2 | #7,797 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 2 | #7,302 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Grier in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Grier, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989. 6 boys were also named Grier in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Grier than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Grier in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 128 girls in the US were given Grier or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,420, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
- Greer 108
- Grier 20
Girls were 84% of the babies named Grier in the US in 2008, and 58% in 2019.
Grier in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Grier
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Grier
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