Greg
Pronounced G R EH1 G (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1961
- 144 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Greg?
Greg is a boys' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 114,454 children — the 281st most common boys' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 367 births across the past decade, against a peak of 7,150 in a single year. That peak was in 1961.
Gregg is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Greg and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Gregg
Nicknames
Greg is itself a short form of Gregory.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- G R EH1 G
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Greg
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Greg
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Greg?
- Greg ranks 281st among boys' names in US records, with 114,454 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 367.
- Is Greg a unisex name?
- No. Greg is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Greg most popular?
- 1961, when 7,150 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Greg spelled?
- Gregg. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.