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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #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 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #9 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 95 boysAKMaine: #23 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 121 boysMEVermont: #14 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 70 boysVTNew Hampshire: #29 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 133 boysNHWashington: #28 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 177 boysWAIdaho: #16 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 130 boysIDMontana: #7 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 86 boysMTNorth Dakota: #14 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 102 boysNDMinnesota: #25 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 169 boysMNIllinois: #50 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 246 boysILWisconsin: #23 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 158 boysWIMichigan: #23 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 164 boysMINew York: #50 for boys · 350 births · 1 in 274 boysNYMassachusetts: #45 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 184 boysMARhode Island: #40 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 141 boysRIOregon: #21 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 154 boysORNevada: #33 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 169 boysNVWyoming: #13 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 79 boysWYSouth Dakota: #1 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 62 boysSDIowa: #19 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 150 boysIAIndiana: #8 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 118 boysINOhio: #18 for boys · 414 births · 1 in 138 boysOHPennsylvania: #27 for boys · 361 births · 1 in 159 boysPANew Jersey: #71 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 300 boysNJConnecticut: #46 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 180 boysCTCalifornia: #80 for boys · 592 births · 1 in 349 boysCAUtah: #29 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 176 boysUTColorado: #39 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 203 boysCONebraska: #15 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 121 boysNEMissouri: #12 for boys · 239 births · 1 in 127 boysMOKentucky: #5 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 93 boysKYWest Virginia: #4 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 80 boysWVVirginia: #23 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 151 boysVAMaryland: #33 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 176 boysMDDelaware: #56 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 179 boysDEArizona: #52 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 223 boysAZNew Mexico: #39 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 166 boysNMKansas: #17 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 141 boysKSArkansas: #20 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 139 boysARTennessee: #8 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 124 boysTNNorth Carolina: #19 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 151 boysNCSouth Carolina: #9 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 131 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #108 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 359 boysDCOklahoma: #23 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 165 boysOKLouisiana: #12 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 144 boysLAMississippi: #12 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 130 boysMSAlabama: #10 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 122 boysALGeorgia: #24 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 174 boysGAHawaii: #64 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 240 boysHITexas: #51 for boys · 736 births · 1 in 238 boysTXFlorida: #42 for boys · 438 births · 1 in 219 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#1 · 1 in 62
  2. West Virginia#4 · 1 in 80
  3. Kentucky#5 · 1 in 93
  4. Montana#7 · 1 in 86
  5. Indiana#8 · 1 in 118

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#1611 in 62
West Virginia#4941 in 80
Kentucky#52261 in 93
Montana#7421 in 86
Indiana#82891 in 118
Tennessee#82861 in 124
Alaska#9311 in 95
South Carolina#91601 in 131
Alabama#101861 in 122
Louisiana#121591 in 144
Mississippi#121001 in 130
Missouri#122391 in 127
Wyoming#13181 in 79
North Dakota#14381 in 102
Vermont#14211 in 70
Nebraska#15781 in 121
Idaho#16601 in 130
Kansas#171031 in 141
Ohio#184141 in 138
Iowa#19961 in 150
North Carolina#193331 in 151
Arkansas#20971 in 139
Oregon#211081 in 154
Maine#23351 in 121
Michigan#232801 in 164
Oklahoma#231141 in 165
Virginia#232701 in 151
Wisconsin#231631 in 158
Georgia#243001 in 174
Minnesota#251581 in 169
Pennsylvania#273611 in 159
Washington#281951 in 177
New Hampshire#29321 in 133
Utah#291111 in 176
Maryland#331501 in 176
Nevada#33781 in 169
Colorado#391271 in 203
New Mexico#39461 in 166
Rhode Island#40251 in 141
Florida#424381 in 219
Massachusetts#451541 in 184
Connecticut#46771 in 180
Illinois#502431 in 246
New York#503501 in 274
Texas#517361 in 238
Arizona#521531 in 223
Delaware#56181 in 179
Hawaii#64161 in 240
New Jersey#711341 in 300
California#805921 in 349
District of Columbia#108111 in 359

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 2018

girls
#1,787
114 births · 1 in 14,922 girls
boys
#32
8,606 births · 1 in 211 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #1,787Grayson114

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #32Grayson8,606
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 14,922 of them was named Grayson, which outranked 90.2% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grayson
  1. #1,774Sanaya115
  2. #1,774Shaylee115
  3. #1,774Yamila115
  4. #1,787Grayson114
  5. #1,787Arlene114
  6. #1,787Avaya114
  7. #1,787Azul114
  8. #1,799Alaiyah113
  9. #1,799Amyah113
  10. #1,799Bowie113

Tied with 11 names at #1,787; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

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

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 211 of them was named Grayson, which outranked 99.8% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grayson
  1. #29Jayden8,626
  2. #30Luke8,624
  3. #31Dylan8,610
  4. #32Grayson8,606
  5. #33Levi8,540
  6. #34Isaac8,503
  7. #35Gabriel8,439
Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →