Gregory remains a common boys' name (#593 in 2025), down from a peak of #21 in 1962.
Gregory is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #593 for boy births in the United States (and #1,181 across all names), given to 493 babies. Gregory first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1962 (21,976 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 493 | 493 | — | #593 |
| 2024 | 554 | 554 | — | #539 |
| 2023 | 557 | 557 | — | #530 |
| 2022 | 616 | 616 | — | #495 |
| 2021 | 608 | 608 | — | #486 |
| 2020 | 686 | 686 | — | #435 |
| 2019 | 806 | 806 | — | #388 |
| 2018 | 787 | 787 | — | #408 |
| 2017 | 890 | 890 | — | #374 |
| 2016 | 926 | 926 | — | #360 |
| 2015 | 987 | 987 | — | #346 |
| 2014 | 1,110 | 1,110 | — | #315 |
| 2013 | 1,182 | 1,187 | — | #296 |
| 2012 | 1,236 | 1,242 | #17,798 | #286 |
| 2011 | 1,265 | 1,265 | — | #279 |
| 2010 | 1,287 | 1,292 | — | #268 |
| 2009 | 1,426 | 1,426 | — | #247 |
| 2008 | 1,559 | 1,566 | — | #236 |
| 2007 | 1,684 | 1,684 | #18,602 | #223 |
| 2006 | 1,833 | 1,838 | — | #208 |
| 2005 | 1,903 | 1,903 | — | #202 |
| 2004 | 1,976 | 1,986 | #12,005 | #194 |
| 2003 | 2,110 | 2,130 | — | #185 |
| 2002 | 2,284 | 2,294 | #16,343 | #169 |
| 2001 | 2,478 | 2,496 | — | #157 |
| 2000 | 2,844 | 2,851 | #15,898 | #138 |
| 1999 | 3,055 | 3,072 | #11,798 | #122 |
| 1998 | 3,436 | 3,451 | #11,554 | #109 |
| 1997 | 3,813 | — | #7,964 | #103 |
| 1996 | 3,999 | — | #14,280 | #98 |
| 1995 | 4,454 | — | #7,203 | #84 |
| 1994 | 5,145 | — | #9,881 | #76 |
| 1993 | 5,824 | — | #5,501 | #65 |
| 1992 | 6,515 | — | #5,566 | #60 |
| 1991 | 7,579 | — | #4,248 | #55 |
| 1990 | 8,401 | — | #4,284 | #51 |
| 1989 | 8,799 | — | #2,831 | #52 |
| 1988 | 8,695 | — | #1,874 | #50 |
| 1987 | 9,193 | — | #1,950 | #47 |
| 1986 | 9,600 | — | #1,659 | #46 |
| 1985 | 9,838 | — | #1,655 | #45 |
| 1984 | 9,756 | — | #1,621 | #44 |
| 1983 | 10,044 | — | #1,702 | #42 |
| 1982 | 10,195 | — | #2,034 | #40 |
| 1981 | 8,826 | — | #1,649 | #46 |
| 1980 | 9,327 | — | #1,815 | #42 |
| 1979 | 9,163 | — | #1,927 | #42 |
| 1978 | 9,400 | — | #1,734 | #38 |
| 1977 | 10,112 | — | #1,723 | #35 |
| 1976 | 10,124 | — | #1,576 | #35 |
| 1975 | 10,478 | — | #1,369 | #33 |
| 1974 | 10,889 | — | #1,534 | #31 |
| 1973 | 11,759 | — | #1,232 | #26 |
| 1972 | 13,120 | — | #1,490 | #26 |
| 1971 | 14,840 | — | #1,339 | #26 |
| 1970 | 16,350 | — | #1,533 | #26 |
| 1969 | 16,241 | — | #1,307 | #26 |
| 1968 | 15,460 | — | #1,351 | #26 |
| 1967 | 15,864 | — | #1,111 | #25 |
| 1966 | 17,084 | — | #1,245 | #23 |
| 1965 | 18,283 | — | #1,221 | #23 |
| 1964 | 19,959 | — | #1,287 | #22 |
| 1963 | 21,509 | — | #1,159 | #21 |
| 1962 | 22,063 | — | #1,180 | #21 |
| 1961 | 21,453 | — | #1,170 | #23 |
| 1960 | 20,382 | — | #1,240 | #24 |
| 1959 | 19,950 | — | #1,373 | #23 |
| 1958 | 19,883 | — | #1,243 | #23 |
| 1957 | 21,531 | — | #1,381 | #23 |
| 1956 | 21,144 | — | #1,322 | #24 |
| 1955 | 19,877 | — | #1,280 | #24 |
| 1954 | 17,672 | — | #1,472 | #25 |
| 1953 | 16,195 | — | #1,688 | #24 |
| 1952 | 15,226 | — | #1,656 | #24 |
| 1951 | 14,135 | — | #1,677 | #25 |
| 1950 | 13,338 | — | #1,847 | #25 |
| 1949 | 10,999 | — | #2,234 | #31 |
| 1948 | 9,745 | — | #2,151 | #32 |
| 1947 | 9,347 | — | #2,229 | #33 |
| 1946 | 5,686 | — | #2,656 | #56 |
| 1945 | 2,485 | — | #2,805 | #96 |
| 1944 | 1,305 | — | — | #152 |
| 1943 | 1,134 | — | — | #163 |
| 1942 | 1,027 | — | — | #165 |
| 1941 | 831 | — | #3,721 | #183 |
| 1940 | 756 | — | — | #189 |
| 1939 | 596 | — | — | #205 |
| 1938 | 536 | — | — | #225 |
| 1937 | 512 | — | #4,504 | #234 |
| 1936 | 393 | — | — | #273 |
| 1935 | 368 | — | — | #282 |
| 1934 | 334 | — | #4,560 | #299 |
| 1933 | 260 | — | #3,924 | #333 |
| 1932 | 283 | — | — | #327 |
| 1931 | 255 | — | — | #342 |
| 1930 | 248 | — | — | #363 |
| 1929 | 242 | — | #4,874 | #375 |
| 1928 | 260 | — | — | #357 |
| 1927 | 241 | — | — | #381 |
| 1926 | 243 | — | — | #375 |
| 1925 | 212 | — | — | #409 |
| 1924 | 226 | — | — | #408 |
| 1923 | 191 | — | — | #440 |
| 1922 | 220 | — | — | #407 |
| 1921 | 184 | — | — | #453 |
| 1920 | 179 | — | — | #454 |
| 1919 | 163 | — | — | #466 |
| 1918 | 175 | — | — | #448 |
| 1917 | 158 | — | — | #451 |
| 1916 | 144 | — | — | #477 |
| 1915 | 135 | — | — | #477 |
| 1914 | 107 | — | — | #468 |
| 1913 | 85 | — | — | #465 |
| 1912 | 65 | — | — | #492 |
| 1911 | 36 | — | — | #491 |
| 1910 | 25 | — | — | #573 |
| 1909 | 26 | — | — | #511 |
| 1908 | 26 | — | — | #493 |
| 1907 | 21 | — | — | #523 |
| 1906 | 16 | — | — | #601 |
| 1905 | 13 | — | — | #682 |
| 1904 | 16 | — | — | #575 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | — | #751 |
| 1902 | 10 | — | — | #768 |
| 1901 | 16 | — | — | #496 |
| 1900 | 12 | — | — | #759 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | — | #635 |
| 1898 | 14 | — | — | #588 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | — | #818 |
| 1896 | 10 | — | — | #748 |
| 1895 | 9 | — | — | #760 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | — | #694 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | — | #726 |
| 1892 | 9 | — | — | #766 |
| 1890 | 12 | — | — | #579 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #922 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | — | #1,097 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | — | #795 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #999 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #816 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #967 |