Graysen
- #7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births
- #1,388 for boys in 2025, 132 births
- Given to boys 84.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2016 · 354 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,384since 1989
Graysen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | #1,388 | 132 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | #1,286 | 153 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | #1,105 | 192 |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | #1,007 | 221 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #929 | 243 |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | #902 | 249 |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | #813 | 280 |
| 2018 | #3,853 | 38 | #723 | 331 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | #763 | 307 |
| 2016 | #4,250 | 34 | #698 | 354 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 | #831 | 270 |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 | #870 | 253 |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | #1,031 | 187 |
| 2012 | #3,523 | 45 | #973 | 206 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | #943 | 210 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | #1,059 | 181 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 | #1,511 | 110 |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 | #1,655 | 93 |
| 2007 | #4,299 | 35 | #1,795 | 81 |
| 2006 | #4,265 | 34 | #1,840 | 74 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 | #2,614 | 42 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | #3,636 | 25 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #3,738 | 18 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five boys were named Graysen! It came in at #7,905, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Graysen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#621 · 1 in 3,277
- Louisiana#775 · 1 in 3,826
- Washington#898 · 1 in 5,466
- Tennessee#927 · 1 in 6,128
- Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 10,452
Best ever in a state: #191 in South Dakota, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #621 | 6 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Louisiana | #775 | 5 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Washington | #898 | 6 | 1 in 5,466 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| Florida | #1,478 | 7 | 1 in 13,648 |
| Texas | #1,483 | 12 | 1 in 14,588 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Graysen
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 486 spots since 2020 (#902 → #1,388)
- Biggest jump: 161 spots in 2014
- Biggest drop: 90 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2016 at #698 (354 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2014–2021
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,361
- Highest: 1 in 5,361 boys born in 2016 were named Graysen (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,940 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 58.8% of all boys named Graysen (2,579) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2004
- Mostly girls until 2003, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #7,905 (1989) | #7,905 |
| 1990s | 90 | #3,693 (1995) | #5,240 |
| 2000s | 520 | #1,511 (2009) | #2,751 |
| 2010s | 2,579 | #698 (2016) | #870 |
| 2020s | 1,190 | #902 (2020) | #1,103 |
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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