Gregary
Masculine · “watchful”
Gregary is Gregory with an a in the second syllable, where English speech gives the vowel no clear sound, so the two are said exactly alike. On paper it looks like the English word gregarious, which is a coincidence: gregarious comes from Latin grex, 'flock', while Gregory comes from a Greek word for being awake.
How old is the name Gregary?
Gregary first appears in US birth records in 1946 — 79 years ago. The typical Gregary alive today was born around 1966, making them about 59 years old. About 400 people named Gregary are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Gregary most popular?
Gregary peaked in 1965, reaching #1595 nationally. See the whole 1965 chart.
Where it comes from
From Greek Gregorios to Gregary
The story of Gregary
Gregory was carried across Western Europe by the popes of that name, and it has been an English name since the Middle Ages. Gregarious entered English much later, from Latin gregarius, 'belonging to a flock'; the same grex sits inside congregation, aggregate and segregate. Gregary appears in American records as a rare spelling of Gregory and has no separate history.
Meaning
watchful, as Gregory
The meaning belongs to Gregory, from Greek Gregorios, 'watchful'. Gregarious, 'living in flocks', comes from Latin grex and is unrelated, however alike the two look.
How the name formed
- Greek Gregorios
- Latin Gregorius
- Gregory
- Gregary
Pronouncing Gregary
GREG-uh-ree
Said exactly like Gregory.
Nicknames for Gregary
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1946
- Most boys named
- 196524 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1595reached in 1965
- Change vs 1998
- −25.0%6 in 2002, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Gregarys among us
people named Gregary are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Gregary sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Said exactly like Gregory, a name with a long, documented history.
- Greg is ready as a short form.
- Everyone recognizes the name underneath at a glance.
- Spell-checkers, teachers and forms will turn it into Gregory, and many readers will take it for a misspelling; the record cannot tell whether it began as a choice or a slip, and either way it will be spelled out often.
- Greg, the everyday form, is spelled the same either way, which takes much of the pressure off in daily life.
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Frequently asked
- How many Gregarys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Gregary are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Gregary in 2025?
- Gregary is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Gregary with classmates?
- Gregary will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More G names
The most-given names starting with G, all years combined.
George#126 · Gary#1073 · Gregory#593 · Gerald#1204 · Gabriel#37 · Glenn#1443 · Gavin#303 · Gordon#1051
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