# Gregory (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gregory/  
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 | “watchful”, “vigilant”, “awaken”, “arouse” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɹɛɡ(ə)ɹi/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Gregg |
| Variant spellings | Gregor |
| US babies named this | 714,753 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 711,893 / 2,860 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,944, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Via Latin Grēgorius, from post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios, “watchful, vigilant”), from Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō, “awaken, arouse”).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 23 | 4,284 |
| 1991 | 24 | 4,248 |
| 1992 | 17 | 5,566 |
| 1993 | 17 | 5,501 |
| 1994 | 8 | 9,881 |
| 1995 | 12 | 7,203 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,280 |
| 1997 | 11 | 7,964 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,554 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11,798 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,898 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,343 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,005 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,602 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,798 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,265 | 279 |
| 2012 | 1,231 | 286 |
| 2013 | 1,182 | 296 |
| 2014 | 1,110 | 315 |
| 2015 | 987 | 346 |
| 2016 | 926 | 360 |
| 2017 | 890 | 374 |
| 2018 | 787 | 408 |
| 2019 | 806 | 388 |
| 2020 | 686 | 435 |
| 2021 | 608 | 486 |
| 2022 | 616 | 495 |
| 2023 | 557 | 530 |
| 2024 | 554 | 539 |
| 2025 | 493 | 593 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 647 |
| 2012 | 59 | 592 |
| 2013 | 61 | 581 |
| 2014 | 47 | 695 |
| 2015 | 42 | 765 |
| 2016 | 52 | 672 |
| 2017 | 52 | 673 |
| 2018 | 34 | 887 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 31 | 921 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,084 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: غِرِيغُورِي, جِرِيجُورِي, جُرَيْج
- Armenian: Գրիգոր
- Bulgarian: Григо́р, Григо́рий, Гре́гъри
- Catalan: Gregori
- Chinese: 格雷戈里, 格里高利, 額我略 /额我略
- Czech: Řehoř
- Danish: Gregers
- Dutch: Gregoor
- Esperanto: Gregorio
- Estonian: Reigo
- Finnish: Reijo
- French: Grégoire
- Georgian: გრიგოლი
- German: Gregor
- Greek: Γρηγόρης, Γρηγόριος
- Hungarian: Gergely
- Icelandic: Gregor
- Irish: Gréagóir
- Italian: Gregorio
- Japanese: グレゴリー

## People named Gregory

- Gregory Peck, American actor (1916–2003)
- Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (1946–2003)
- Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch association football player (born 1988)
- Gregory Bateson, English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904–1980)
- Grégory Coupet, French footballer (born 1972)
- Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (1944-1986)
- Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (1983-2007)
- Gregory Corso, American writer (1930-2001)
- Gregory Itzin, American actor (1948–2022)
- Gregory Olsen, American astronaut and businessman
- Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biochemist (1903–1967)
- Gregory La Cava, American film director (1892-1952)

## 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.