Grigory

Boys' name

Transliteration of Григо́рий

Grigory has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2014. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2014, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Grigory, 2014

1 in 741,000

Grigory over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Grigory: meaning, origin, and history

Transliteration of Григо́рий

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Grigory means

Grigory is a transliteration of Григо́рий.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Russian Григо́рий (Grigórij), from Byzantine Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios). Doublet of Gregory.

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Origin, language, and formation

Grigory is used in English.

Grigory comes through Russian Григо́рий and gkm Γρηγόριος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Григо́рий and Gregory.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Grigory between 2014 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2014; its best national rank was #12,713 in 2014.

How common is Grigory?

Grigory had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014: 1 in 741,000; 5 of 3,706,812 births
Among boys only: 1 in 384,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2014: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,874 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Grigory sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2014 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 513,874 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Grigory. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Grigorys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Grigory was born before 2014 — so the typical Grigory is around 11 today.

Median birth year: 2014; About 11 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Grigory 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2014 (5)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,713; 2014

Spellings of Grigory

Grigory is not the most common spelling — Gregory is, with 99.0% against Grigory's <0.01%.

Gregory99.0%711,893
Greggory0.71%5,107
Gregor0.17%1,213
Gregary0.07%504
Grigory<0.01%5

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.

Grigory around the world

Where Grigory 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
1962–2010
#494
in 2010

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

Grigory by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,713; 2014
Peak year: 2014; 5 that year
First recorded: 2014
Last recorded: 2014
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Grigory

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

Griggs Gristian Grifin Grisel Hillory Anthory Jaquory Geffory Griffinn Grieg Grizzly Grissom Grizz Geogory Greagory Lecory Gregrory Tacory Emmory Grisham Memory Geoffory Grigoriy Hickory

Sibling names for Grigory

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

For a sister

Honesty Elayna Alaysia Montserrat Amia Priya Adilene Yamileth

For a brother

Jai Vihaan Casen Constantine Cain Anders Branson Korbin

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