NameTides

Gregory

Gregory was the #593 boys' name in the US in 2025 (493 babies), and #1,406 in England & Wales and #1,049 in Canada.

Gregory as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Gregory as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Gregory as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#593 (493)#1,406 (19)——#829 (3)#1,049 (24)—
2024#538 (554)#1,460 (18)#727 (3)—#785 (3)#802 (32)—
2023#529 (557)#1,071 (27)——#770 (3)#837 (29)—
2022#495 (616)#1,084 (26)———#862 (29)—
2021#486 (608)#1,078 (26)#605 (4)—#755 (3)#833 (30)—
2020#434 (686)#921 (31)——#741 (3)#659 (39)—
2019#388 (806)#974 (29)——#506 (6)#511 (55)—
2018#408 (787)#887 (34)——#749 (3)#533 (52)—
2017#373 (890)#673 (52)——#710 (3)#457 (63)—
2016#359 (926)#672 (52)——#713 (3)#545 (51)—
2015#346 (987)#765 (42)#529 (5)——#530 (52)—
2014#314 (1,110)#695 (47)——#508 (6)#470 (63)—
2013#296 (1,182)#581 (61)#687 (3)—#479 (6)#388 (75)—
2012#286 (1,231)#592 (59)—#403 (3)#548 (5)#429 (65)—
2011#279 (1,265)#647 (51)#364 (9)—#490 (6)#327 (94)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1962 at #21.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gregory is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gregory by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #393MINew York: #620NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #452INOhio: #627OHPennsylvania: #378PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #615CAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #563VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #482GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #684TXFlorida: #649FL
Gregory (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236
Ontario2024#75315

Gregory (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GregoryCanadaBoys#1,04924
GregoryEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
GregoryIrelandBoys#8293
GregoryNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
GregoryNSWBoys—too few
GregoryScotlandBoys—too few
GregoryUSGirls—too few
GregoryUSBoys#593493