Grayling
- Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 61 births
- Debut · boys
- 17 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 529since 1950
Grayling over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Grayling has never cracked the top 900 here.
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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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| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
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| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
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| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
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| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
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| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
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| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
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| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #1,341 | 34 |
| 1961 | #1,731 | 22 |
| 1960 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | #987 | 61 |
| 1958 | #1,026 | 55 |
| 1957 | #995 | 58 |
| 1956 | #1,106 | 47 |
| 1955 | #1,219 | 38 |
| 1954 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,815 | 17 |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five boys were named Grayling! It came in at #1,815, and was given to 17 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1975, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Grayling is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Grayling in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Biggest jump: 111 spots in 1957
- Biggest drop: 333 spots in 1960
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1959 at #987 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1957–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,992
- Highest: 1 in 34,992 boys born in 1959 were named Grayling (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 386,406 boys born in 1994 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 61.8% of all boys named Grayling (327) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 327 | #987 (1959) | #1,693 |
| 1960s | 120 | #1,320 (1960) | #2,140 |
| 1970s | 12 | #4,418 (1976) | #4,702 |
| 1980s | 53 | #3,599 (1985) | #5,117 |
| 1990s | 17 | #6,816 (1993) | #8,017 |
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.
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