Greer

Where Greer comes from

The dictionaries list Greer as a given name — a unisex given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • From a surname
Along the way
  1. 1941
    First appearance
    #4,420 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1941
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1943
    Peak, #1,342
    37 babies named Greer — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,511.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Greer hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.