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Gregory
Pronounced /ˈɡɹɛɡəɹi/
Rank in 2024
#538
Born in 2024
553
Peak year
1962 · #21
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 553 boys were named Gregory, about 1 in every 3,102.
- It peaked in 1962 with 21,971 babies, ranked #21.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 711,405 boys have been named Gregory since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Gregory per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.6Silent1928–45
- 8.5Boomers1946–64
- 7.6Gen X1965–80
- 4.1Millennials1981–96
- 1.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,943 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Silent: 11,786 babies, 0.57 per 1,000. Boomers: 319,093 babies, 8.50 per 1,000. Gen X: 207,393 babies, 7.62 per 1,000. Millennials: 126,208 babies, 4.15 per 1,000. Gen Z: 34,135 babies, 1.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,704 babies, 0.45 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Via Latin Grēgorius, from post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios, “watchful, vigilant”), from Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō, “awaken, arouse”).
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈɡɹɛɡəɹi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Gregory, CC BY-SA 4.0.