At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2019 (#6,777)
- Babies in 2019
- 12 (<0.01% of boys)
- Peak
- #6,777 in 2019
- First recorded
- 2006
Meaning of Egor
Egor unfolds like a tapestry woven from ancient fields and whispered legends: a masculine name born of the Greek Georgios—geōrgos, “earth‐worker”—and carried into the Russian tongue as YEG-or (/jəˈgɔr/), where it drifts across the vast steppe like a warm breeze over ripening grain. He carries within him the valor of Saint George, that fearless protector who tamed dragons and lit the darkened sky with hope, and in every syllable echoes the Latin whispers of terra, tending and nurturing the world with steadfast grace. Though in the United States he remains a rare jewel—bestowed upon only a dozen newborns in 2019—his quiet presence suggests a renaissance of the pastoral and the poetic, a bridge between the storied past and the bright horizon of what is yet to come. In this rich confluence of earth and spirit, Egor stands as a living narrative, a name that roots deeply in history even as it reaches skyward with enduring warmth.
How to pronounce Egor
Russian
- Pronounced YEG-or /jəˈgɔr/
Popularity of Egor in the U.S.
Egor was last recorded in the U.S. in 2019, ranked #6,777 with 12 babies. It first appears in the records in 2006.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 2006–2019 12 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12 | 6,777 | back (not recorded in 2018) |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,775 | ▼ 3,618 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,157 | ▲ 883 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,040 | ▲ 90 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,130 | ▲ 4,006 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,136 | ▼ 3,978 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,158 | back (not recorded in 2011) |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,231 | ▲ 260 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,491 | ▲ 62 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12,553 | ▼ 2,765 |
| 2007 | 7 | 9,788 | ▲ 2,267 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,055 | new |
Notable people named Egor
- Egor Pavlov is a Russian swimmer who won bronze in the 200 metre butterfly at the 2021 European Short Course Championships.
- Egor Babaev is a Russian-born Swedish physicist and professor at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
- Egor Bulatkin is a Russian rapper, singer and songwriter known as Egor Kreed and, since 2024, Egor Split.
- Egor Ivanovich Makovsky was a Russian accountant and artist who helped establish the forerunner of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
- Egor Beroev is a Russian film, television and theater actor who has appeared in over thirty films since 1994.
More people named Egor 11 more
- Egor Pavlovich Popov was a structural engineer who helped make buildings safer in earthquake-prone regions.
- Egor Baranov is a Russian film director who studied at the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography and graduated with honors.
- Egor Murashov is a retired Russian-born figure skater who represented Switzerland and won the Christmas Cup and Sofia Trophy.
- Egor Golovkin is a Russian former pair skater who won bronze with Tatiana Kokoreva at the 2005 World Junior Championships.
- Egor Koreshkov is a Russian actor who has appeared in more than 50 films.
- Egor Efrosinin is a Russian Paralympic swimmer who competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
- Egor Averin is a Russian ice hockey forward who most recently played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL.
- Egor Degtyarev is a Russian swimmer who competed in the 400 metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- Egor Egorovich Mednikov was a Soviet football goalkeeper and coach.
- Egor Feoktistov is a Russian volleyball player for Ural Ufa and the Russian national team.
- Egor Chinakhov is a Russian ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins and a 2021 Gagarin Cup champion.