Gregory

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Meaning

The masculine first name Gregory or Grรฉgory derives from the Latin name "Gregorius", which came from the late Greek name "ฮ“ฯฮทฮณฯŒฯฮนฮฟฯ‚" meaning "watchful, alert".. Through folk etymology, the name also became associated with Latin grex meaning "flock" or "herd".

From Wikipedia

Gregory first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 42 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 1,630 babies (rank #8 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Gregory

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Gregory yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

29,321
Total babies (all years)
42
Years in the data
1,630
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952811#9
1953955#8
19541,146#7
19551,110#7
19561,151#8
19571,277#8
19581,358#7
19591,295#7
19601,622#8
19611,630#8
19621,508#9
19631,364#9
19641,217#12
19651,032#11
1966993#13
1967961#14
1968833#17
1969786#20
1970756#21
1971719#23
1972712#25
1973625#26
1974612#28
1975480#31
1976467#31
1977413#32
1978433#30
1979353#35
1980368#34
1981345#37
1982312#46
1983286#48
1984269#52
1985245#54
1986205#59
1987176#69
1988183#72
1989142#82
1990124#91
199143#109
20152#592
20162#628