boy's name

Grégoire

  • Origin French
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Top 1000 (France)
  • Births on record 28,352

France

#538

2025 births

Grégoire is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 80 babies in France, ranking #538. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Grégoire is a name of French origin.
  • Peaked in France in 1998, when 800 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 7,369 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1900.

Grégoire over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

6,890
'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Grégoire by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 660
1910s 570
1920s 765
1930s 740
1940s 590
1950s 695
1960s 1,215
1970s 2,990
1980s 4,775
1990s 6,890
2000s 4,855
2010s 2,320
2020s (to 2025) 525

How popular is Grégoire?

In 2025, Grégoire was given to 80 babies in France, ranking #538 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Grégoire is used

France #538 80 in 2025
Canada as Gregoire #1,166 21 in 2024
England & Wales as Gregoire #5,352 3 in 2009
United States as Gregoire #11,542 6 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Grégoire is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Gregoire Gregoire is a spelling of Grégoire, used in Canada, where it ranks #1,166. 1,202

Names that peaked alongside Grégoire

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Grégoire also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Grégoire over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Grégoire

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Grégoire — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Grégoire

Is Grégoire a girl's or a boy's name?

Grégoire is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Grégoire most popular?

Grégoire peaked in 1998, when 800 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Grégoire a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Grégoire currently ranks #538 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.