Gregor
Gregor was given to 9 boys in 2025, #8,477 among boys’ names; 1,213 Americans have been recorded with it since 1897 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gregor by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gregor mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gregor is “a male given name from Ancient Greek, a Scottish form of Gregory.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gregor?
#8,477 among boys’ names, 2025
Gregor rose from #9,026 in 2015 to #8,477 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 4.2 to 5.3 per million.
26 babies in 1962, the peak
Gregor peaked in 1962, when 26 boys were given it, #1,564 among boys’ names. The 9 births of 2025 are 35% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,477 | 5.3 |
| 2023 | 7 | #10,090 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,541 | 5.2 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,272 | 6.3 |
| 2020 | 8 | #9,000 | 4.6 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,830 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,295 | 6.1 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,436 | 7.0 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,858 | 6.3 |
| 2015 | 8 | #9,026 | 4.2 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 | #6,420 | 6.8 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,369 | 6.9 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,909 | 2.6 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,762 | 7.9 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,234 | 5.7 |
| 2009 | 7 | #10,214 | 3.5 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,891 | 5.9 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,787 | 5.8 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,382 | 7.8 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,357 | 6.0 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,473 | 9.6 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,449 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,986 | 7.7 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,218 | 7.2 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,485 | 5.1 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,425 | 6.2 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,486 | 4.7 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,559 | 3.7 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,883 | 9.0 |
| 1995 | 9 | #6,087 | 4.7 |
| 1994 | 7 | #7,230 | 3.6 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,918 | 4.6 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,503 | 9.0 |
| 1991 | 8 | #6,143 | 4.0 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,526 | 4.4 |
| 1989 | 6 | #7,312 | 3.0 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,550 | 5.2 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,756 | 10.2 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,211 | 3.3 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,851 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,331 | 5.0 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,300 | 7.3 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,779 | 6.1 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,487 | 6.7 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,137 | 3.9 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,608 | 3.5 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,327 | 3.7 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,271 | 7.3 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,165 | 3.8 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,128 | 7.7 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,206 | 7.0 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,540 | 5.8 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,225 | 6.2 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,767 | 4.5 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,817 | 12.9 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,828 | 11.7 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,062 | 9.2 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,071 | 8.6 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,843 | 10.1 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,883 | 9.7 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,820 | 10.0 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,555 | 12.8 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,564 | 12.6 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,093 | 7.5 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,362 | 6.1 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,061 | 7.5 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,304 | 6.1 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,310 | 6.0 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,906 | 8.5 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,356 | 5.8 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,647 | 4.9 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,226 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,297 | 6.2 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,862 | 9.0 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,907 | 8.9 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,061 | 7.9 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,678 | 5.1 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,296 | 6.6 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,981 | 8.6 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,646 | 5.9 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,116 | 8.8 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,108 | 9.1 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,315 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,711 | 4.1 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,258 | 5.4 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,385 | 9.0 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,608 | 8.6 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,890 | 4.8 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,116 | 7.1 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,984 | 4.8 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,666 | 9.1 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,709 | 5.6 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,922 | 8.1 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,428 | 4.4 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,937 | 15.3 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,901 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,045 | 8.2 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,688 | 10.1 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,192 | 13.6 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,008 | 5.6 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,969 | 9.2 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,498 | 6.9 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,360 | 7.6 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,518 | 11.8 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,168 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,357 | 13.7 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,130 | 44.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gregor a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gregor has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 107 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Gregor: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gregor, and how old are they?
An estimated 863 Americans named Gregor and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 42 years old and half are between 22 and 62. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,329 people named Gregor (11 women and girls, 1,318 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 876 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Gregor rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gregor
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gregor and names like it
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- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Gregor.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Gregor alive today were born 1946-1964.
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