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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Vermont#63 · 1 in 165
- Wyoming#63 · 1 in 180
- Utah#70 · 1 in 291
- North Dakota#78 · 1 in 233
- Kentucky#78 · 1 in 286
Best ever in a state: #19 in Wyoming, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #63 | 11 | 1 in 165 |
| Wyoming | #63 | 11 | 1 in 180 |
| Utah | #70 | 74 | 1 in 291 |
| Kentucky | #78 | 78 | 1 in 286 |
| North Dakota | #78 | 18 | 1 in 233 |
| Iowa | #83 | 52 | 1 in 303 |
| West Virginia | #84 | 29 | 1 in 279 |
| Missouri | #87 | 93 | 1 in 348 |
| Maine | #90 | 16 | 1 in 291 |
| Tennessee | #95 | 100 | 1 in 363 |
| Idaho | #98 | 23 | 1 in 363 |
| Alabama | #100 | 59 | 1 in 392 |
| Ohio | #100 | 149 | 1 in 405 |
| Indiana | #102 | 90 | 1 in 402 |
| Nevada | #103 | 33 | 1 in 409 |
| South Carolina | #103 | 55 | 1 in 390 |
| Pennsylvania | #105 | 141 | 1 in 431 |
| Louisiana | #106 | 60 | 1 in 420 |
| New Hampshire | #106 | 13 | 1 in 353 |
| North Carolina | #110 | 115 | 1 in 450 |
| Connecticut | #114 | 33 | 1 in 443 |
| Wisconsin | #115 | 63 | 1 in 435 |
| Colorado | #121 | 60 | 1 in 455 |
| Georgia | #123 | 109 | 1 in 505 |
| Washington | #129 | 72 | 1 in 504 |
| Virginia | #130 | 73 | 1 in 580 |
| Michigan | #131 | 91 | 1 in 537 |
| Minnesota | #135 | 55 | 1 in 509 |
| Oregon | #135 | 39 | 1 in 470 |
| Arkansas | #138 | 29 | 1 in 503 |
| Alaska | #142 | 8 | 1 in 440 |
| Mississippi | #142 | 26 | 1 in 530 |
| South Dakota | #143 | 9 | 1 in 467 |
| Arizona | #148 | 65 | 1 in 578 |
| New Mexico | #149 | 18 | 1 in 505 |
| Nebraska | #151 | 20 | 1 in 518 |
| Kansas | #152 | 30 | 1 in 527 |
| Montana | #153 | 9 | 1 in 443 |
| Illinois | #155 | 100 | 1 in 664 |
| Hawaii | #157 | 9 | 1 in 525 |
| New York | #157 | 134 | 1 in 767 |
| Oklahoma | #164 | 33 | 1 in 626 |
| Massachusetts | #168 | 40 | 1 in 748 |
| Florida | #174 | 127 | 1 in 756 |
| Texas | #183 | 247 | 1 in 755 |
| Delaware | #194 | 5 | 1 in 723 |
| Maryland | #195 | 34 | 1 in 830 |
| California | #206 | 246 | 1 in 940 |
| New Jersey | #212 | 42 | 1 in 999 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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
- 22 spots since 2024 (#127 → #149)
- 68 spots since 2020 (#81 → #149)
- 38 spots since 2015 (#111 → #149)
- Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1995 (#1,168 → #959)
- Biggest drop: 39 spots in 2002 (#668 → #707)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 2018 at #77 (4,754 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 7 yrs · run 2016–2022
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
- 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
- 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.
Greyson in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 31,899 of them was named Greyson, which outranked 84.4% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,969Swara57
- #2,969Victory57
- #2,969Yuri57
- #3,005Greyson56
- #3,005Ameliah56
- #3,005Amilya56
- #3,005Angeli56
- #3,041Addysen55
- #3,041Aicha55
- #3,041Aliyanna55
Tied with 35 names at #3,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 630 of them was named Greyson, which outranked 99.1% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.