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Gregory

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~588,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#593 among boys
Births in 2025
493 714,753 since 1880
Typical age
57 years, median

Gregory popularity over time

Gregory rank by birth year, 1880–2025Gregory ranked #909 in 1880 and #593 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #21, in 1962.#100#1,000#593best #21 in 196218901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Gregory in 1962 than in any other year — 22,063 of them. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Across the record, 52 years put Gregory in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #593, with 493 births that year. The ten-year change is -50%. It slipped 55 places against the previous year.

Babies named Gregory per yearPeaks at 22,063 births in 1962.22,063 in 1962018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Gregory?

An estimated 588,700 living Americans are called Gregory. That is out of 714,753 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Gregory?

Half of living Gregorys are older than 57, half younger. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Gregory a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Gregory

Ages of living people named GregoryHalf of living Gregorys are older than 57 and half younger.median 57020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Gregory is most common

Relative to births, Connecticut carries 2.1× the national share of Gregorys. Mississippi, District of Columbia and Louisiana follow.

Where Gregory is used more than average5 states use the name Gregory more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 2.1× the national rateCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 1.9× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: 1.7× the national rateLAMississippi: 2.1× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: 1.6× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Gregory is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Connecticut 105 2.1×
Mississippi 92 2.1×
District of Columbia 24 1.9×
Louisiana 139 1.7×
Georgia 317 1.6×

Gregory in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Gregory ranked #1,406 in 2025 on 19 births. That is 39% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Gregory comes from

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

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Gregory

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Gregory Peck American actor 1916–2003 97
Gregory Hines American actor and dancer 1946–2003 52
Gregory Winter British biochemist 1951 52
Gregory van der Wiel Dutch association football player 1988 48
Gregory Bateson English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist 1904–1980 46
Gregory Benford science fiction author and astrophysicist 1941 37
Gregory Jarvis American astronaut 1944–1986 37
Gregory Corso American writer 1930–2001 34
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 2,485 in 1945 to 5,686 in 1946 — 2.3 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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