Grigor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GREE-gor
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Grigor is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “watchful”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Grigor mean?
Greek: Bulgarian and Armenian form of Gregory
“watchful”
The Bulgarian and Armenian form of Gregory, from Greek gregorios, meaning watchful.
Is Grigor a girl's or a boy's name?
Grigor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Grigor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Grigor, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Grigor in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Grigor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Names like Grigor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Xander, Nico, Ares, Cooper, Pierce, Baylor, Lucas, Silas, Ezra, Sawyer, Parker
Names related to Grigor
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Grigor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/grigor, updated 20 October 2026.