Gregorio
Masculine · “watchful”
Gregorio is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 10,842 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Gregorio is watchful in Greek — gregoros — and it was chosen deliberately for the gospel's command to stay awake.
How old is the name Gregorio?
Gregorio was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Gregorio alive today was born around 1979, making them about 46 years old. About 7,900 people named Gregorio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Gregorio most popular?
Gregorio peaked in 1929, reaching #580 nationally. Today it ranks #2332, 1,752 places below that high. See the whole 1929 chart.
Where it comes from
From egeiro to Gregorio
The story of Gregorio
Watch, for you do not know the hour — the gospel's repeated command — made Gregorios a favored Christian name, and sixteen popes took it. Gregory XIII gave his name to the calendar the world now uses. Gregorio is standard in Italian and Spanish and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
watchful, vigilant
From the Greek gregoros, 'watchful', from egeiro, 'to awaken'. Early Christians took it for the New Testament injunction to watch. Sixteen popes have carried it. Gregorio is the Italian and Spanish form. The Greek is documented.
How the name formed
- egeiro
- gregoros
- Gregorios
- Gregorio
Related forms: Gregorio · Gregorio · Gregory
Pronouncing Gregorio
greh-GOH-ryoh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Spanish and Italian say it nearly identically.
Nicknames for Gregorio
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
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 1992164 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #580reached in 1929
- Change vs 2022
- +1.7%59 in 2025, from 58
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.
Gregorio in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Gregorio in Italian — same name
- Gregorio in Spanish — same name
- Gregory in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Gregorios among us
people named Gregorio are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,950 born in 2025 was named Gregorio
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ennis test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Gregorio's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ennis climbed just as high around 1900, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ennis's path sketches the road Gregorio is walking now.
Gregorio sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Gregorio is headed
Gregorio should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Gregorio beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Gregorio in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the calendar is named for a pope of this name is a first-rate fact.
- The watchful meaning is transparent and was chosen deliberately.
- Goyo and Greg are two short forms, both with real use.
- Gregory is what English speakers will substitute.
- The Spanish short form Goyo bears no visible relation to it.
- It reads as specifically Italian or Spanish.
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Frequently asked
- How many Gregorios are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,900 people named Gregorio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Gregorio in 2025?
- Gregorio ranks #2332 among US boy names in 2025, with 59 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Gregorio?
- About 1 in every 28,950 US boys born in 2025 was named Gregorio — 59 in all.
- Will my child share the name Gregorio with classmates?
- Gregorio will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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