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Greer

#1,851 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Scottish surname transferred into given-name use

Greer has been given to 3,818 babies in the U.S. since 1941. In 2025 it ranked #1,851 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 108 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% girls, 19% boys all-time.

Babies named Greer, 2025

1 in 30,700

Greer over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Greer over time

In 2025, Greer went to 79% girls and 21% boys.

19122025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Greer: meaning, origin, and history

Scottish surname transferred into given-name use

surname transfer

What Greer means

Greer is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Greer is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹɪɹ/ and /ˈɡɹɪə/ for Greer.

The naming story behind Greer

Greer is a given name adopted from Scottish surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

Origin, language, and formation

Greer is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Greer is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,085 girls were recorded with the name Greer between 1941 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 108 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,346 in 1943.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,110 in 2020 to #1,851 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,155 in 2015 to #1,851 in 2025.

In the United States, 733 boys were recorded with the name Greer between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,268 in 1923.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,852 in 2020 to #3,788 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,113 in 2015 to #3,788 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Greer?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 30,700
108 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 14,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,851
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,278 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Greer sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,278 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Greer. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Greers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Greer was born before 2004 — so the typical Greer is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
23.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
54.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,909
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 23.6% of all recorded uses (727).

Is Greer rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+133
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+259
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+304
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.23×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (108)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,346
1943

Spellings of Greer

Greer is not the most common spelling — Greta is, with 54.6% against Greer's 6.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Greer is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Greer was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 7,143 girls, against 1 in 28,209 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

114 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 7,143
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 9,091
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 11,111
  4. 4Texas1 in 16,667
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 20,000
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 20,000
  7. 7Virginia1 in 20,000
  8. 8Alabama1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Greer is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Greer was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 613,793 across all states with data. It was least common in Kentucky (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Kentucky1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Greer has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Greer around the world

Where Greer ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2005
    #3,970
    in 2005
  • Scotland
    1974–2019
    #765
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1999–2020
    #2,936
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    1944–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Greer

People whose public names include Greer, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Greer by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,851
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 259
Best rank ever
#1,346
1943
Peak year
2025
108 that year
First recorded
1941
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,085
Count in 2025
108

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,788
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 64
Best rank ever
#2,268
1923
Peak year
2023
30 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
733
Count in 2025
29

Names similar to Greer

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Greer

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Greer, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Greer

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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