Greg
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Short form of Grégoire, from Greek Gregorios, 'watchful'
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 46 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/ɡɹɛɡ/(recorded in a dictionary) English · from Wiktionary
Greg is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Canada it is the 96th most common given name.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 680(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 840
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 880
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Greg itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #360 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 628 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 680 (inferred from the name graph)
244,493 named Craig, 2020
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Short form of Grégoire, from Greek Gregorios, 'watchful'.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Greg, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Greg counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #153 | 244,493as Craig | 1 in 1.4K | 244K | Greg | 628 |
| CA Canada | #96 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 842 | 3 | Greg | 335 |
| GB United Kingdom | #231 | ≈38,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | 6 | Greg | 308 |
| AU Australia | #114 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 680 | 81 | Greg | 303 |
| PH Philippines | #809 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | — | Greg | 107 |
| NZ New Zealand | #96 | ≈5,600 est. | ≈1 in 880 | 12 | Greg | 165 |
| IE Ireland | #121 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 11 | Greg | 113 |
| BR Brazil | — | 245 | 1 in 864K | 380 | — | 4 |
244,493 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling craig. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Greg is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, short form of Gregory; first attested William Gregge 1234 Fees (Do)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, An English and Scottish male given name, diminutive of Gregory or Gregor (and sometimes derived from the surname Greig)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Diminutif de Grégoire; du grec Gregorios, « vigilant ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
English and Scottish: short form of GREGORY or GREGOR . Variants: Gregg, Greig (chiefly Scottish, and generally a transferred use of the surname so spelled, which is itself a derivative of the given name) .
as a word
In ang, alternative form of grǣġ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Gregory Alan Williamsb. 1956USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor, author (born 1956)
- Greg Abbottb. 1957USGovernor of Texas since 2015
- Greg Germannb. 1958USAmerican actor
- Greg Louganisb. 1960USAmerican Olympic springboard and platform diver
- Greg Kinnearb. 1963USAmerican actor
- Greg Mottolab. 1964USAmerican film director, screenwriter & television director (born 1964)
- Greg Wiseb. 1966GBEnglish actor
- Greg Berlantib. 1972USAmerican television writer and producer
- Greg Poehlerb. 1974USAmerican actor
- Greg Rutherfordb. 1986GBBritish long jumper
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)81 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 46 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 131K | #431 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 245 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 243 | #21,979 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 214 | #24,233 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 149 | #431 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2010 | 31 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 21 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1989 | 10 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 8 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2015 | 5 | #529 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1991 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1986 | 5 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Greg a male or female name?
- Greg is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), France (INSEE, 2011), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Albania (INSTAT Albania).
- What are other forms of the name Greg?
- In the etymology graph, Gregorio, Gregg and Grzegorz are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Gregory.
- What does the name Greg mean, and where does it come from?
- Short form of Grégoire, from Greek Gregorios, 'watchful'. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- How do you pronounce Greg?
- In English /ɡɹɛɡ/ (Wiktionary).
- In which country does Greg have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 244 thousand people named Craig, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Greg?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 245 people named Greg in 2022, about 1 in 864 thousand residents.
- How common is Greg compared with other names?
- In the United States, Greg is the 153rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gregThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Greg” — the 153rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.