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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #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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1905—#1,0916
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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 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #49 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 183 boysAKMaine: #26 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 126 boysMEVermont: #42 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 138 boysVTNew Hampshire: #30 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 132 boysNHWashington: #35 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 192 boysWAIdaho: #12 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 115 boysIDMontana: #12 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 89 boysMTNorth Dakota: #15 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 111 boysNDMinnesota: #24 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 161 boysMNIllinois: #55 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 249 boysILWisconsin: #25 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 158 boysWIMichigan: #21 for boys · 328 births · 1 in 146 boysMINew York: #56 for boys · 353 births · 1 in 283 boysNYMassachusetts: #58 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 243 boysMARhode Island: #95 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 301 boysRIOregon: #35 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 177 boysORNevada: #40 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 182 boysNVWyoming: #22 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 97 boysWYSouth Dakota: #4 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 82 boysSDIowa: #10 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 121 boysIAIndiana: #17 for boys · 259 births · 1 in 137 boysINOhio: #15 for boys · 446 births · 1 in 133 boysOHPennsylvania: #37 for boys · 329 births · 1 in 180 boysPANew Jersey: #74 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 305 boysNJConnecticut: #46 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 176 boysCTCalifornia: #92 for boys · 553 births · 1 in 404 boysCAUtah: #18 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 144 boysUTColorado: #39 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 198 boysCONebraska: #16 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 133 boysNEMissouri: #15 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 136 boysMOKentucky: #6 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 100 boysKYWest Virginia: #4 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 78 boysWVVirginia: #35 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 164 boysVAMaryland: #46 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 197 boysMDDelaware: #50 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 162 boysDEArizona: #50 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 225 boysAZNew Mexico: #82 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 299 boysNMKansas: #25 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 154 boysKSArkansas: #7 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 111 boysARTennessee: #18 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 150 boysTNNorth Carolina: #10 for boys · 415 births · 1 in 125 boysNCSouth Carolina: #15 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 129 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #162 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 559 boysDCOklahoma: #31 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 181 boysOKLouisiana: #12 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 140 boysLAMississippi: #22 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 156 boysMSAlabama: #12 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 131 boysALGeorgia: #24 for boys · 332 births · 1 in 162 boysGAHawaii: #70 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 255 boysHITexas: #59 for boys · 735 births · 1 in 252 boysTXFlorida: #44 for boys · 447 births · 1 in 219 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#4 · 1 in 78
  2. South Dakota#4 · 1 in 82
  3. Kentucky#6 · 1 in 100
  4. Arkansas#7 · 1 in 111
  5. Iowa#10 · 1 in 121

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#4501 in 82
West Virginia#41001 in 78
Kentucky#62191 in 100
Arkansas#71291 in 111
Iowa#101261 in 121
North Carolina#104151 in 125
Alabama#121771 in 131
Idaho#12701 in 115
Louisiana#121751 in 140
Montana#12441 in 89
Missouri#152331 in 136
North Dakota#15371 in 111
Ohio#154461 in 133
South Carolina#151641 in 129
Nebraska#16751 in 133
Indiana#172591 in 137
Tennessee#182411 in 150
Utah#181461 in 144
Michigan#213281 in 146
Mississippi#22861 in 156
Wyoming#22181 in 97
Georgia#243321 in 162
Minnesota#241741 in 161
Kansas#251021 in 154
Wisconsin#251701 in 158
Maine#26361 in 126
New Hampshire#30351 in 132
Oklahoma#311121 in 181
Oregon#351041 in 177
Virginia#352531 in 164
Washington#351931 in 192
Pennsylvania#373291 in 180
Colorado#391391 in 198
Nevada#40741 in 182
Vermont#42121 in 138
Florida#444471 in 219
Connecticut#46801 in 176
Maryland#461401 in 197
Alaska#49181 in 183
Arizona#501601 in 225
Delaware#50221 in 162
Illinois#552581 in 249
New York#563531 in 283
Massachusetts#581211 in 243
Texas#597351 in 252
Hawaii#70181 in 255
New Jersey#741361 in 305
New Mexico#82281 in 299
California#925531 in 404
Rhode Island#95131 in 301
District of Columbia#16281 in 559

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 2016

girls
#1,465
157 births · 1 in 11,287 girls
boys
#37
8,693 births · 1 in 218 boys

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #1,465Grayson157

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #37Grayson8,693
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 11,287 of them was named Grayson, which outranked 92.2% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grayson
  1. #1,456Nicolette158
  2. #1,456Petra158
  3. #1,456Rayleigh158
  4. #1,465Grayson157
  5. #1,465Alanah157
  6. #1,465Carli157
  7. #1,465Dominique157
  8. #1,472Camden156
  9. #1,472Charleston156
  10. #1,472Jacquelyn156

Tied with 6 names at #1,465; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

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

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 218 of them was named Grayson, which outranked 99.7% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grayson
  1. #34Andrew9,437
  2. #35Joshua9,258
  3. #36Christopher9,106
  4. #37Grayson8,693
  5. #38Jack8,430
  6. #39Julian8,388
  7. #40Ryan8,261
Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →