Greer

#1,844 for girls in 2025, 108 births · #3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
Given to girls 80.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,342
1943 · 37 births
Debut · girls
1941
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,085
since 1941

Greer over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #1,342, 1943peak #2,224, 1923girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,844108#3,75729
2024#1,98099#3,98627
2023#2,37976#3,71230
2022#2,14289#4,85020
2021#1,99197#4,78020
2020#2,10087#3,81127
2019#2,21783#4,80620
2018#2,14588#3,89127
2017#2,14489#5,52616
2016#2,01798#5,12418
2015#2,15288#4,08025
2014#2,68365#5,25217
2013#2,83760#4,98118
2012#3,21351#6,00114
2011#3,17352#7,00911
2010#3,12353#4,36622
2009#3,18952#9,8647
2008#3,37749#6,07014
2007#3,21453#7,59010
2006#3,85439#9,5857
2005#3,64640#10,1516
2004#3,12749#8,1438
2003#3,23245#7,8318
2002#3,81034#10,6675
2001#3,70335#7,5368
2000#3,07045#10,3495
1999#2,52756#5,65611
1998#3,11640—
1997#2,39155#6,1009
1996#2,22960#5,53510
1995#2,62347#4,50813
1994#3,23435—
1993#3,15836—
1992#3,03638#6,6707
1991#4,20824#5,9428
1990#3,62329#7,1786
1989#3,89325#6,9416
1988#3,89323—
1987#3,16929—
1986#3,27727—
1985#3,62123#6,5235
1984#2,78132#6,3155
1983#3,80620#5,4846
1982#4,34717—
1981#3,73921—
1980#4,74315#4,9407
1979#4,62615—
1978#5,21412—
1977#4,23516—
1976#4,36314—
1975#3,15522#4,3097
1974#4,22714—
1973#3,23320—
1972#3,40418—
1971#3,94315#3,6588
1970#2,85624—
1969#3,10219—
1968#3,16917#3,3657
1967#2,96318—
1966#2,40725—
1965#2,93818—
1964#2,34827#2,40912
1963#2,70421—
1962#1,94735—
1961#2,67321—
1960#3,21215—
1959#2,76018#3,9885
1958#3,54312—
1957#3,93010#3,9935
1956#3,18614#3,5356
1955#3,09514—
1954#2,69517#3,4526
1953#2,51618#3,7985
1952#2,50218—
1951#3,28411#3,3646
1950#2,65215#3,0217
1949#2,62015—
1948#2,49116#3,0107
1947#1,86327#2,35611
1946#1,91923#2,9197
1945#1,66025#2,9966
1944#2,51113#2,4679
1943#1,34237#2,40510
1942#2,31115#3,2126
1941#4,4205—
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First appearance
1941

The first year at least five girls were named Greer! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Greer is popular in 1943

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedMINew York: #827 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,891 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedVAMaryland: #327 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,772 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Greer, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#327 · 1 in 3,772
  2. New York#827 · 1 in 22,891

Best ever in a state: #327 in Maryland, 1943.

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Maryland#32751 in 3,772
New York#82751 in 22,891
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Greer
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 136 spots since 2024 (#1,980 → #1,844)
  • 256 spots since 2020 (#2,100 → #1,844)
  • 308 spots since 2015 (#2,152 → #1,844)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1941
  • Peaked 1943 at #1,342 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,882
  • Highest: 1 in 14,882 girls born in 2025 were named Greer (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #1,342 in 1943, was only 1 in 37,711 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 23.6% of all girls named Greer (727) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1941
  • Mostly boys until 1940, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s176#1,342 (1943)#2,349
1950s147#2,502 (1952)#3,016
1960s216#1,947 (1962)#2,746
1970s170#2,856 (1970)#3,926
1980s232#2,781 (1984)#3,727
1990s420#2,229 (1996)#3,015
2000s441#3,070 (2000)#3,422
2010s727#2,017 (2016)#2,570
2020s556#1,844 (2025)#2,073

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Greer in 1943

girls
#1,342
37 births · 1 in 37,711 girls
boys
#2,405
10 births · 1 in 142,730 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #1,342Greer37

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #2,405Greer10
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 37,711 of them was named Greer, which outranked 75.0% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Greer
  1. #1,327Reatha38
  2. #1,327Sharan38
  3. #1,327Trinidad38
  4. #1,342Greer37
  5. #1,342Coralee37
  6. #1,342Deloise37
  7. #1,342Erlene37
  8. #1,367Adrian36
  9. #1,367Annabell36
  10. #1,367Antionette36

Tied with 24 names at #1,342; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 878Tana#1,559 → #681
  2. ↑ 754Rozanne#1,706 → #952
  3. ↑ 722Cheryle#1,592 → #870
  4. ↑ 596Tena#1,592 → #996
  5. ↑ 525Alexis#1,349 → #824
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Florida#997 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 467Jerilynn#581 → #1,048
  3. ↓ 364Lorelei#864 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 308Kaaren#536 → #844
  5. ↓ 305Erna#864 → #1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 142,730 of them was named Greer, which outranked 40.5% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Greer
  1. #2,277Weaver11
  2. #2,277Webb11
  3. #2,277Williom11
  4. #2,405Greer10
  5. #2,405Adrain10
  6. #2,405Alberta10
  7. #2,405Alphonza10
  8. #2,563Adron9
  9. #2,563Alger9
  10. #2,563Amadeo9

Tied with 157 names at #2,405; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Derek#1,228 → #714
  2. ↑ 465Armond#1,421 → #956
  3. ↑ 368Les#1,214 → #846
  4. ↑ 347Aron#1,244 → #897
  5. ↑ 321Edsel#1,167 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Humberto#780 → #1,280
  2. ↓ 352Chauncey#928 → #1,280
  3. ↓ 352Clearence#991 → #1,343
  4. ↓ 344Macarthur#512 → #856
  5. ↓ 325Reyes#933 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1943 →