Grady
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #373 for boys in 2025, 851 births
Given to boys 98.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 173 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 52,474since 1887
Grady over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Grady has never cracked the top 100 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #373 | 851 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #372 | 884 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #395 | 806 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #405 | 791 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #424 | 727 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #399 | 768 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #414 | 748 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #414 | 766 |
| 2017 | — | #375 | 886 | |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #357 | 938 |
| 2015 | — | #353 | 958 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #347 | 956 |
| 2013 | — | #348 | 917 | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #334 | 943 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #304 | 1,089 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #314 | 1,015 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #289 | 1,140 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #286 | 1,196 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #341 | 945 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #474 | 558 |
| 2005 | — | #527 | 462 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #545 | 424 |
| 2003 | — | #592 | 364 | |
| 2002 | — | #614 | 325 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #708 | 249 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #744 | 229 |
| 1999 | — | #771 | 206 | |
| 1998 | — | #823 | 180 | |
| 1997 | — | #886 | 156 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #832 | 172 |
| 1995 | — | #767 | 196 | |
| 1994 | — | #742 | 199 | |
| 1993 | — | #727 | 204 | |
| 1992 | — | #808 | 168 | |
| 1991 | — | #930 | 130 | |
| 1990 | — | #773 | 173 | |
| 1989 | — | #758 | 169 | |
| 1988 | — | #713 | 172 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #715 | 163 |
| 1986 | — | #721 | 157 | |
| 1985 | — | #768 | 133 | |
| 1984 | — | #775 | 124 | |
| 1983 | — | #795 | 121 | |
| 1982 | — | #708 | 151 | |
| 1981 | — | #721 | 144 | |
| 1980 | — | #733 | 143 | |
| 1979 | — | #729 | 141 | |
| 1978 | — | #661 | 161 | |
| 1977 | — | #668 | 160 | |
| 1976 | — | #643 | 164 | |
| 1975 | — | #561 | 208 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #505 | 249 |
| 1973 | — | #506 | 237 | |
| 1972 | — | #491 | 256 | |
| 1971 | — | #500 | 264 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #471 | 292 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #465 | 270 |
| 1968 | — | #495 | 234 | |
| 1967 | — | #490 | 233 | |
| 1966 | — | #466 | 268 | |
| 1965 | — | #458 | 287 | |
| 1964 | — | #447 | 318 | |
| 1963 | — | #467 | 285 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #432 | 341 |
| 1961 | — | #435 | 336 | |
| 1960 | — | #423 | 357 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #416 | 364 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #416 | 354 |
| 1957 | — | #400 | 377 | |
| 1956 | — | #395 | 365 | |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #361 | 403 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #347 | 427 |
| 1953 | — | #346 | 400 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #332 | 434 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #319 | 471 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #330 | 419 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #320 | 456 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #330 | 415 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #313 | 490 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #310 | 438 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #291 | 418 |
| 1944 | — | #279 | 455 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #283 | 474 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #273 | 480 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #264 | 453 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #245 | 489 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #239 | 486 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #251 | 471 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #235 | 503 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #242 | 467 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #242 | 475 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #251 | 458 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #243 | 461 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #249 | 465 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #255 | 444 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #247 | 508 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #241 | 506 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #246 | 511 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 | #250 | 518 |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | #233 | 576 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | #246 | 533 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #234 | 582 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | #217 | 595 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #232 | 577 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #213 | 619 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #215 | 602 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #206 | 604 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #216 | 569 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #212 | 528 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #209 | 527 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #211 | 497 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #203 | 408 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #190 | 354 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #217 | 252 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #179 | 173 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #217 | 114 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #215 | 99 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #212 | 96 |
| 1907 | — | #206 | 94 | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #240 | 66 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #234 | 70 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #247 | 59 |
| 1903 | — | #225 | 65 | |
| 1902 | — | #213 | 70 | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #233 | 55 |
| 1900 | — | #224 | 79 | |
| 1899 | — | #240 | 48 | |
| 1898 | — | #234 | 55 | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #306 | 36 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #240 | 57 |
| 1895 | — | #229 | 59 | |
| 1894 | — | #285 | 38 | |
| 1893 | — | #264 | 44 | |
| 1892 | — | #303 | 37 | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #283 | 33 |
| 1890 | — | #259 | 43 | |
| 1889 | — | #294 | 33 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1887
The first year at least five boys were named Grady! It came in at #752, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Grady is popular in 1899
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Grady
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1 spot since 2024 (#372 → #373)
- 26 spots since 2020 (#399 → #373)
- 20 spots since 2015 (#353 → #373)
- Biggest jump: 410 spots in 1889 (#704 → #294)
- Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1991 (#773 → #930)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1911 at #179 (173 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 139 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1887–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,306
- Highest: 1 in 1,306 boys born in 1911 were named Grady (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,007 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 17.6% of all boys named Grady (9,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | #294 (1889) | #583 |
| 1890s | 450 | #229 (1895) | #264 |
| 1900s | 753 | #206 (1907) | #225 |
| 1910s | 4,026 | #179 (1911) | #206 |
| 1920s | 5,619 | #213 (1921) | #233 |
| 1930s | 4,738 | #235 (1937) | #245 |
| 1940s | 4,568 | #245 (1940) | #291 |
| 1950s | 4,014 | #319 (1951) | #366 |
| 1960s | 2,929 | #423 (1960) | #458 |
| 1970s | 2,132 | #471 (1970) | #574 |
| 1980s | 1,477 | #708 (1982) | #741 |
| 1990s | 1,784 | #727 (1993) | #806 |
| 2000s | 5,892 | #286 (2008) | #512 |
| 2010s | 9,216 | #304 (2011) | #356 |
| 2020s | 4,827 | #372 (2024) | #395 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Grady in 1899
boys
#240
48 births · 1 in 2,213 boys
Top boys' names in 1899
More about 1899
boys
106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 2,213 of them was named Grady, which outranked 80.0% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).