Grayson

#3,100 for girls in 2025, 52 births · #51 for boys in 2025, 5,805 births
Given to boys 96.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#32
2018 · 8,606 births
Debut · boys
1905
6 births
In top 100 · boys
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
128,994
since 1905

Grayson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #32, 2018boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,10052#515,805
2024#3,57543#486,232
2023#3,01455#446,471
2022#2,12390#377,197
2021#2,04694#357,554
2020#1,96596#357,487
2019#2,09090#338,311
2018#1,787114#328,606
2017#1,665129#348,718
2016#1,465157#378,693
2015#1,388170#477,926
2014#1,387166#636,581
2013#1,403163#775,557
2012#1,326177#864,717
2011#1,772115#983,940
2010#1,621133#1223,359
2009#1,901110#1722,258
2008#1,508154#1882,116
2007#1,283191#2111,853
2006#1,530143#2181,681
2005#1,343162#2541,308
2004#1,338159#2721,196
2003#1,432138#2971,025
2002#1,264156#308929
2001#1,111190#322875
2000#1,237160#313926
1999#1,398126#333812
1998#1,443118#360725
1997#1,63896#370658
1996#1,485110#402582
1995#1,392118#428532
1994#4,23824#513385
1993#4,52422#606293
1992#5,05119#618279
1991#6,58813#657238
1990#6,46513#669228
1989#6,95511#758169
1988#5,89513#765152
1987#6,78810#737153
1986#6,61210#780135
1985#6,03111#762135
1984#10,4225#88299
1983#6,7059#1,01676
1982#8,2247#1,24256
1981#10,4115#1,36248
1980#7,4188#1,08969
1979#9,0106#1,22156
1978#9,7505#1,37145
1977—#1,57135
1976—#1,41140
1975—#1,28045
1974—#1,43936
1973—#1,69627
1972#6,5587#1,60329
1971#7,3886#1,44135
1970—#1,23845
1969#6,6176#1,37634
1968—#1,47828
1967—#1,23137
1966—#1,37331
1965—#1,85618
1964—#1,54526
1963—#1,62824
1962—#1,54626
1961#6,5675#1,73122
1960—#1,32036
1959—#1,70922
1958—#2,02616
1957—#1,54726
1956—#1,60824
1955—#1,53825
1954—#1,43528
1953—#1,59223
1952—#1,40629
1951—#1,48925
1950—#1,34029
1949—#1,75418
1948—#1,17337
1947—#1,51924
1946—#1,64219
1945—#1,77215
1944—#1,28227
1943—#1,39925
1942—#1,35826
1941—#1,15233
1940—#1,68017
1939—#1,57818
1938—#1,33725
1937—#1,44422
1936—#1,32625
1935—#2,24611
1934—#1,55120
1933—#1,77016
1932—#1,58420
1931—#1,07839
1930—#1,88916
1929—#1,23732
1928—#1,44826
1927—#1,64722
1926—#1,43226
1925—#1,39028
1924—#1,41428
1923—#1,32230
1922—#1,28232
1921—#1,70321
1920—#1,38228
1919—#1,18835
1918—#1,44625
1917—#1,36226
1916—#1,41524
1915—#1,26527
1914—#1,60815
1913—#1,36515
1912—#1,41712
1911—#1,7405
1910—#1,5895
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1908—#1,2176
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First appearance
1905

The first year at least five boys were named Grayson! It came in at #1,091, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1906–1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Grayson is popular in 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #155 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 493 boysAKMaine: #108 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 365 boysMEVermont: #82 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 231 boysVTNew Hampshire: #158 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 627 boysNHWashington: #106 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 424 boysWAIdaho: #132 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 442 boysIDMontana: #124 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 390 boysMTNorth Dakota: #78 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 236 boysNDMinnesota: #112 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 462 boysMNIllinois: #162 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 776 boysILWisconsin: #116 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 448 boysWIMichigan: #101 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 430 boysMINew York: #227 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 1,250 boysNYMassachusetts: #183 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 968 boysMARhode Island: #131 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 505 boysRIOregon: #106 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 398 boysORNevada: #204 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 804 boysNVWyoming: #138 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 381 boysWYSouth Dakota: #112 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 361 boysSDIowa: #95 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 364 boysIAIndiana: #102 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 406 boysINOhio: #95 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 415 boysOHPennsylvania: #126 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 592 boysPANew Jersey: #226 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,189 boysNJConnecticut: #141 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 638 boysCTCalifornia: #244 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 1,292 boysCAUtah: #134 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 502 boysUTColorado: #98 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 393 boysCONebraska: #121 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 448 boysNEMissouri: #94 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 359 boysMOKentucky: #78 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 274 boysKYWest Virginia: #82 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 260 boysWVVirginia: #73 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 295 boysVAMaryland: #104 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 448 boysMDDelaware: #94 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 302 boysDEArizona: #157 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 611 boysAZNew Mexico: #217 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 835 boysNMKansas: #85 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 315 boysKSArkansas: #106 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 380 boysARTennessee: #69 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 266 boysTNNorth Carolina: #73 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 291 boysNCSouth Carolina: #83 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 340 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #122 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 390 boysDCOklahoma: #108 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 411 boysOKLouisiana: #105 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 418 boysLAMississippi: #79 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 288 boysMSAlabama: #66 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 262 boysALGeorgia: #74 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 327 boysGAHawaii: #180 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 600 boysHITexas: #112 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 463 boysTXFlorida: #140 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 666 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#66 · 1 in 262
  2. Tennessee#69 · 1 in 266
  3. North Carolina#73 · 1 in 291
  4. Virginia#73 · 1 in 295
  5. Georgia#74 · 1 in 327

Best ever in a state: #1 in South Dakota, 2018.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#66891 in 262
Tennessee#691321 in 266
North Carolina#731771 in 291
Virginia#731411 in 295
Georgia#741711 in 327
Kentucky#78821 in 274
North Dakota#78151 in 236
Mississippi#79481 in 288
Vermont#8281 in 231
West Virginia#82311 in 260
South Carolina#83621 in 340
Kansas#85521 in 315
Delaware#94121 in 302
Missouri#94911 in 359
Iowa#95421 in 364
Ohio#951461 in 415
Colorado#98701 in 393
Michigan#1011121 in 430
Indiana#102891 in 406
Maryland#104631 in 448
Louisiana#105571 in 418
Arkansas#106381 in 380
Oregon#106461 in 398
Washington#106841 in 424
Maine#108131 in 365
Oklahoma#108501 in 411
Minnesota#112601 in 462
South Dakota#112111 in 361
Texas#1123861 in 463
Wisconsin#116621 in 448
Nebraska#121221 in 448
District of Columbia#122101 in 390
Montana#124101 in 390
Pennsylvania#1261031 in 592
Rhode Island#13181 in 505
Idaho#132191 in 442
Utah#134441 in 502
Wyoming#13851 in 381
Florida#1401391 in 666
Connecticut#141231 in 638
Alaska#15571 in 493
Arizona#157611 in 611
New Hampshire#15881 in 627
Illinois#162901 in 776
Hawaii#18081 in 600
Massachusetts#183311 in 968
Nevada#204171 in 804
New Mexico#217121 in 835
New Jersey#226361 in 1,189
New York#227851 in 1,250
California#2441811 in 1,292

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 Grayson
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#48 → #51)
  • 16 spots since 2020 (#35 → #51)
  • 4 spots since 2015 (#47 → #51)
  • Biggest jump: 134 spots in 1984 (#1,016 → #882)
  • Biggest drop: 28 spots in 1988 (#737 → #765)
Rise & fade · boys
113 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1905
  • Peaked 2018 at #32 (8,606 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1984–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 211
  • Highest: 1 in 211 boys born in 2018 were named Grayson (0.47%)
  • Latest: 1 in 294 boys born in 2025 (0.34%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 51.5% of all boys named Grayson (66,408) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s12#1,091 (1905)#1,154
1910s189#1,188 (1919)#1,440
1920s273#1,237 (1929)#1,426
1930s212#1,078 (1931)#1,580
1940s241#1,152 (1941)#1,473
1950s247#1,340 (1950)#1,569
1960s282#1,231 (1967)#1,508
1970s393#1,221 (1979)#1,427
1980s1,092#737 (1987)#939
1990s4,732#333 (1999)#496
2000s14,167#172 (2009)#256
2010s66,408#32 (2018)#63
2020s40,746#35 (2021)#42

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.

Grayson in 2010

girls
#1,621
133 births · 1 in 13,365 girls
boys
#122
3,359 births · 1 in 571 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #1,621Grayson133

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #122Grayson3,359
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 13,365 of them was named Grayson, which outranked 91.8% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grayson
  1. #1,611Londynn134
  2. #1,611Melani134
  3. #1,611Yolanda134
  4. #1,621Grayson133
  5. #1,621Analeigh133
  6. #1,621Avril133
  7. #1,621Cailin133
  8. #1,629Clementine132
  9. #1,629Danae132
  10. #1,629Dianna132

Tied with 7 names at #1,621; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 571 of them was named Grayson, which outranked 99.1% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grayson
  1. #119Caden3,413
  2. #120Bryson3,392
  3. #121Damian3,366
  4. #122Grayson3,359
  5. #123Kayden3,304
  6. #124Jesse3,280
  7. #125Richard3,238
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010 →