first name
GREGORY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 503,949 people named Gregory, 77.5% reported their origin as White, 14.7% as Black and 4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gregory peaked in 1962, when 22,063 babies got the name.
At least 714,753 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gregory by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #33. The largest share of babies named Gregory, 44.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gregory is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gregory has been most common in District of Columbia (2×), Ohio (1.4×), and Michigan (1.3×), and least common in Texas (0.56×).
710,162 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Gregory
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gregory, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Gregory ranks #360 of 156,621, with 85,781 people. See Gregory as a last name
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