Grady
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #373 for boys in 2025, 851 births
Given to boys 98.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 173 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 52,474since 1887
Grady over time
Rank among boys' names. Grady has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #10,107 | 9 | #373 | 851 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #372 | 884 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #395 | 806 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #405 | 791 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #424 | 727 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #399 | 768 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #414 | 748 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #414 | 766 |
| 2017 | — | #375 | 886 | |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #357 | 938 |
| 2015 | — | #353 | 958 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #347 | 956 |
| 2013 | — | #348 | 917 | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #334 | 943 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #304 | 1,089 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #314 | 1,015 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #289 | 1,140 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #286 | 1,196 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #341 | 945 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #474 | 558 |
| 2005 | — | #527 | 462 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #545 | 424 |
| 2003 | — | #592 | 364 | |
| 2002 | — | #614 | 325 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #708 | 249 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #744 | 229 |
| 1999 | — | #771 | 206 | |
| 1998 | — | #823 | 180 | |
| 1997 | — | #886 | 156 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #832 | 172 |
| 1995 | — | #767 | 196 | |
| 1994 | — | #742 | 199 | |
| 1993 | — | #727 | 204 | |
| 1992 | — | #808 | 168 | |
| 1991 | — | #930 | 130 | |
| 1990 | — | #773 | 173 | |
| 1989 | — | #758 | 169 | |
| 1988 | — | #713 | 172 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #715 | 163 |
| 1986 | — | #721 | 157 | |
| 1985 | — | #768 | 133 | |
| 1984 | — | #775 | 124 | |
| 1983 | — | #795 | 121 | |
| 1982 | — | #708 | 151 | |
| 1981 | — | #721 | 144 | |
| 1980 | — | #733 | 143 | |
| 1979 | — | #729 | 141 | |
| 1978 | — | #661 | 161 | |
| 1977 | — | #668 | 160 | |
| 1976 | — | #643 | 164 | |
| 1975 | — | #561 | 208 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #505 | 249 |
| 1973 | — | #506 | 237 | |
| 1972 | — | #491 | 256 | |
| 1971 | — | #500 | 264 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #471 | 292 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #465 | 270 |
| 1968 | — | #495 | 234 | |
| 1967 | — | #490 | 233 | |
| 1966 | — | #466 | 268 | |
| 1965 | — | #458 | 287 | |
| 1964 | — | #447 | 318 | |
| 1963 | — | #467 | 285 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #432 | 341 |
| 1961 | — | #435 | 336 | |
| 1960 | — | #423 | 357 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #416 | 364 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #416 | 354 |
| 1957 | — | #400 | 377 | |
| 1956 | — | #395 | 365 | |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #361 | 403 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #347 | 427 |
| 1953 | — | #346 | 400 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #332 | 434 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #319 | 471 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #330 | 419 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #320 | 456 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #330 | 415 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #313 | 490 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #310 | 438 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #291 | 418 |
| 1944 | — | #279 | 455 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #283 | 474 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #273 | 480 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #264 | 453 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #245 | 489 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #239 | 486 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #251 | 471 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #235 | 503 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #242 | 467 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #242 | 475 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #251 | 458 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #243 | 461 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #249 | 465 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #255 | 444 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #247 | 508 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #241 | 506 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #246 | 511 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 | #250 | 518 |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | #233 | 576 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | #246 | 533 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #234 | 582 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | #217 | 595 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #232 | 577 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #213 | 619 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #215 | 602 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #206 | 604 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #216 | 569 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #212 | 528 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #209 | 527 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #211 | 497 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #203 | 408 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #190 | 354 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #217 | 252 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #179 | 173 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #217 | 114 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #215 | 99 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #212 | 96 |
| 1907 | — | #206 | 94 | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #240 | 66 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #234 | 70 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #247 | 59 |
| 1903 | — | #225 | 65 | |
| 1902 | — | #213 | 70 | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #233 | 55 |
| 1900 | — | #224 | 79 | |
| 1899 | — | #240 | 48 | |
| 1898 | — | #234 | 55 | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #306 | 36 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #240 | 57 |
| 1895 | — | #229 | 59 | |
| 1894 | — | #285 | 38 | |
| 1893 | — | #264 | 44 | |
| 1892 | — | #303 | 37 | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #283 | 33 |
| 1890 | — | #259 | 43 | |
| 1889 | — | #294 | 33 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Grady! It came in at #752, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
See more about Grady
- 1 spot since 2024 (#372 → #373)
- 26 spots since 2020 (#399 → #373)
- 20 spots since 2015 (#353 → #373)
- Biggest jump: 410 spots in 1889 (#704 → #294)
- Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1991 (#773 → #930)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1911 at #179 (173 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1887–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,306 boys born in 1911 were named Grady (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,007 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 17.6% of all boys named Grady (9,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | #294 (1889) | #583 |
| 1890s | 450 | #229 (1895) | #264 |
| 1900s | 753 | #206 (1907) | #225 |
| 1910s | 4,026 | #179 (1911) | #206 |
| 1920s | 5,619 | #213 (1921) | #233 |
| 1930s | 4,738 | #235 (1937) | #245 |
| 1940s | 4,568 | #245 (1940) | #291 |
| 1950s | 4,014 | #319 (1951) | #366 |
| 1960s | 2,929 | #423 (1960) | #458 |
| 1970s | 2,132 | #471 (1970) | #574 |
| 1980s | 1,477 | #708 (1982) | #741 |
| 1990s | 1,784 | #727 (1993) | #806 |
| 2000s | 5,892 | #286 (2008) | #512 |
| 2010s | 9,216 | #304 (2011) | #356 |
| 2020s | 4,827 | #372 (2024) | #395 |
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.
Grady in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 96,067 of them was named Grady, which outranked 54.9% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,514Vonna14
- #2,514Wenonah14
- #2,514Zulema14
- #2,661Grady13
- #2,661Adalene13
- #2,661Aldean13
- #2,661Aldene13
- #2,809Alfretta12
- #2,809Almyra12
- #2,809Alvenia12
Tied with 147 names at #2,661; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 1,946 of them was named Grady, which outranked 95.3% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.