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Grier

#5,987 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Scottish surname transferred into given-name use

Grier has been given to 756 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #5,987 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 33 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 56% girls, 44% boys all-time.

Babies named Grier, 2025

1 in 166,000

Grier over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Grier over time

In 2025, Grier went to 77% girls and 23% boys.

19162025

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.

Grier: meaning, origin, and history

Scottish surname transferred into given-name use

surname transfer

What Grier means

Grier is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Grier is used in English (Rare).

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

The naming story behind Grier

Grier 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

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

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

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 424 girls were recorded with the name Grier between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 2007; its best national rank was #4,501 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,720 in 2020 to #5,987 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,387 in 2015 to #5,987 in 2025.

In the United States, 332 boys were recorded with the name Grier between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2019; its best national rank was #2,494 in 1925.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,806 in 2015 to #11,132 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 Grier?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 166,000
20 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 80,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,987
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
114,896 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Grier 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 114,896 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Grier. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Griers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Grier was born before 2013 — so the typical Grier is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
424
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.6% of all recorded uses (172).

Is Grier 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
+498
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−267
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,400
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
60.6%
Peak was 2007 (33)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,501
2007

Spellings of Grier

Grier is not the most common spelling — Ariel is, with 62.0% against Grier's 0.33%.

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 Grier is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Grier was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,265,232 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

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. Grier has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Grier is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Grier was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 494,010 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 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. Grier has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Grier around the world

Where Grier 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.

  • South Australia
    1974–1974
    #683
    in 1974

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Grier by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,987
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 267
Best rank ever
#4,501
2007
Peak year
2007
33 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
424
Count in 2025
20

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,132
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#2,494
1925
Peak year
2019
14 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
332
Count in 2025
6

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

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Sibling names for Grier

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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