Greyson
- #6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- #149 for boys in 2025, 2,439 births
- Given to boys 98.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 4,754 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 7 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 60,231since 1965
Greyson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 | #149 | 2,439 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #127 | 2,874 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | #117 | 3,076 |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | #95 | 3,773 |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | #84 | 4,225 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | #81 | 4,375 |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | #79 | 4,567 |
| 2018 | #3,396 | 46 | #77 | 4,754 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 | #80 | 4,849 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | #95 | 4,326 |
| 2015 | #3,429 | 46 | #111 | 3,607 |
| 2014 | #3,005 | 56 | #133 | 3,050 |
| 2013 | #3,404 | 46 | #149 | 2,649 |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 | #174 | 2,237 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | #200 | 1,794 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | #249 | 1,371 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #347 | 905 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #381 | 807 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #417 | 703 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | #499 | 520 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | #565 | 418 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #656 | 310 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #674 | 290 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #707 | 253 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #668 | 272 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | #705 | 248 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #724 | 226 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #795 | 192 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #838 | 171 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #811 | 177 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #959 | 134 |
| 1994 | — | #1,168 | 95 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,288 | 78 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,395 | 66 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,589 | 53 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #1,635 | 50 |
| 1989 | — | #1,705 | 45 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,731 | 40 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,896 | 33 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,529 | 19 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
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| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
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| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1965
The first year at least five boys were named Greyson! It came in at #3,930, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1968, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Greyson 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
- Vermont#37 · 1 in 121
- Maine#54 · 1 in 202
- Hawaii#56 · 1 in 208
- Alaska#65 · 1 in 207
- New Hampshire#80 · 1 in 237
Best ever in a state: #19 in Wyoming, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #37 | 10 | 1 in 121 |
| Maine | #54 | 19 | 1 in 202 |
| Hawaii | #56 | 14 | 1 in 208 |
| Alaska | #65 | 11 | 1 in 207 |
| New Hampshire | #80 | 19 | 1 in 237 |
| Mississippi | #83 | 32 | 1 in 339 |
| Kentucky | #85 | 57 | 1 in 360 |
| West Virginia | #85 | 21 | 1 in 293 |
| Tennessee | #88 | 95 | 1 in 387 |
| Arkansas | #92 | 35 | 1 in 360 |
| Ohio | #100 | 126 | 1 in 417 |
| Idaho | #104 | 24 | 1 in 360 |
| Indiana | #106 | 73 | 1 in 434 |
| Washington | #107 | 71 | 1 in 462 |
| Missouri | #109 | 64 | 1 in 435 |
| Oklahoma | #109 | 43 | 1 in 411 |
| South Carolina | #115 | 45 | 1 in 471 |
| Pennsylvania | #117 | 108 | 1 in 484 |
| Kansas | #119 | 32 | 1 in 439 |
| North Dakota | #120 | 10 | 1 in 336 |
| Michigan | #123 | 81 | 1 in 496 |
| Iowa | #127 | 32 | 1 in 432 |
| Massachusetts | #130 | 54 | 1 in 500 |
| Connecticut | #132 | 28 | 1 in 472 |
| Oregon | #135 | 30 | 1 in 502 |
| Rhode Island | #140 | 8 | 1 in 391 |
| North Carolina | #141 | 89 | 1 in 578 |
| Alabama | #145 | 39 | 1 in 552 |
| New Mexico | #148 | 13 | 1 in 500 |
| Nebraska | #150 | 18 | 1 in 490 |
| Wisconsin | #155 | 41 | 1 in 572 |
| Virginia | #156 | 57 | 1 in 654 |
| New York | #157 | 122 | 1 in 692 |
| Louisiana | #158 | 32 | 1 in 598 |
| Illinois | #162 | 72 | 1 in 688 |
| Florida | #164 | 132 | 1 in 724 |
| Minnesota | #166 | 40 | 1 in 612 |
| Delaware | #168 | 6 | 1 in 491 |
| Utah | #170 | 32 | 1 in 615 |
| Arizona | #171 | 52 | 1 in 629 |
| Maryland | #171 | 35 | 1 in 654 |
| Nevada | #171 | 17 | 1 in 664 |
| South Dakota | #171 | 8 | 1 in 480 |
| Georgia | #173 | 72 | 1 in 698 |
| Montana | #173 | 7 | 1 in 538 |
| Colorado | #174 | 40 | 1 in 671 |
| New Jersey | #215 | 44 | 1 in 904 |
| California | #220 | 169 | 1 in 1,038 |
| Texas | #252 | 155 | 1 in 1,129 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Greyson
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 68 spots since 2020 (#81 → #149)
- Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1995
- Biggest drop: 39 spots in 2002
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 2018 at #77 (4,754 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 7 yrs · run 2016–2022
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 382
- Highest: 1 in 382 boys born in 2017 were named Greyson (0.26%)
- Latest: 1 in 700 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
- Its best rank, #77 in 2018, was only 1 in 382 (0.26%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 55.1% of all boys named Greyson (33,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,801 |
| 1970s | 46 | #3,558 (1974) | #4,272 |
| 1980s | 234 | #1,705 (1989) | #3,092 |
| 1990s | 1,242 | #724 (1999) | #1,120 |
| 2000s | 4,726 | #347 (2009) | #562 |
| 2010s | 33,204 | #77 (2018) | #135 |
| 2020s | 20,762 | #81 (2020) | #109 |
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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