Gregory · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gregory.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1929

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 65 recorded years as a table

Gregory, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1929	4
1933	6
1934	5
1937	5
1941	6
1945	8
1946	9
1947	11
1948	12
1949	12
1950	16
1951	18
1952	19
1953	19
1954	24
1955	32
1956	31
1957	29
1958	36
1959	30
1960	39
1961	44
1962	44
1963	46
1964	40
1965	44
1966	44
1967	54
1968	41
1969	44
1970	37
1971	48
1972	42
1973	58
1974	43
1975	54
1976	44
1977	39
1978	39
1979	34
1980	36
1981	42
1982	30
1983	38
1984	40
1985	41
1986	41
1987	33
1988	37
1989	21
1990	12
1991	13
1992	9
1993	9
1994	4
1995	7
1996	3
1997	6
1998	4
1999	4
2000	3
2002	3
2004	4
2007	3
2012	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gregory isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012: 5
Rank in 2012: #16,869
How rare: 1 in 352,210 girls
Since 1929: 2,860

Gregory was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1973, at 58 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gregory doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.