# Gregor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gregor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,213 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,213 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 505, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 7,240 |
| 2011 | 15 | 5,767 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,916 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,374 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,425 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,031 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6,863 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,440 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,299 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,835 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,005 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,277 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,546 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,095 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,481 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 14 | 1,511 |
| 2009 | 22 | 1,133 |
| 2010 | 12 | 1,801 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## People named Gregor

- Gregory II, 89th Pope of the Catholic Church (from 715 to 731)
- Gregory III, 90th Pope of the Catholic Church
- Gregory of Tours, Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours
- Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
- Gregor Gysi, German lawyer and left-wing politician
- Gregor MacGregor, British soldier, adventurer and confidence trickster (1786-1845)
- Gregor Hradetzky, Austrian canoe racer (1909–1984)
- Gregor Mühlberger, Austrian cyclist
- Gregor von Rezzori, Austrian journalist, actor and writer (1914–1998)
- Gregor Jordan, Australian film director
- Gregory of Nin, Croatian bishop
- Gregor Breinburg, Dutch footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.