Greer
About Greer
This attractive Scottish surname choice, has a certain amount of glamour thanks to feisty British-born red-haired forties Academy Award winner Greer Garson, who was born Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson--Greer was her Irish mother's maiden name). Greer was chosen much more recently by Kelsey Grammer for his daughter and by Brooke Shields in the Grier form. As a surname, it's associated with feminist writer/activist Germaine Greer.
Greer makes a good, strong, sophisticated and distinctive middle-name prospect.
Pronounced GREER.
As of October 2026, Greer ranked #1851 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1347 in 1943, Nameberry popularity #624.
Editor's take: The name Greer is a girl's name of Scottish origin meaning "alert, watchful".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,697 | 65 | 36.4 |
| 2015 | #2,155 | 88 | 49.3 |
| 2016 | #2,020 | 98 | 55.3 |
| 2017 | #2,148 | 89 | 51.6 |
| 2018 | #2,152 | 88 | 51.7 |
| 2019 | #2,225 | 83 | 49.5 |
| 2020 | #2,108 | 87 | 53.8 |
| 2021 | #1,996 | 97 | 59.1 |
| 2022 | #2,147 | 89 | 54.3 |
| 2023 | #2,383 | 76 | 47.4 |
| 2024 | #1,980 | 99 | 61.1 |
| 2025 | #1,851 | 108 | 67.2 |
World rankings
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Greer on lists
Famous Greers
- (Eileen Evelyn) Greer Garson
British,American actress
- Greer "Cat" Stevens
South African tennis player
- Greer Ilene Gilman
American fantasy novelist
- Greer Schpigler
American child beauty queen on TV's "Toddlers and Tiaras"
- Germaine Greer
Australian feminist theorist and author
- Kandace "Greer" Grammer
actress and daughter of actor Kelsey Grammer
- Emma Greer DiBiase
American Internet personality
Greer in pop culture
- Greer of Kinross
character on the CW's "Reign"
- Greer Danville
character on TV's "Chasing Life"
- Greer Sonnel
character on Star Wars novel "Bloodline"