Grady

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #373 for boys in 2025, 851 births
Given to boys 98.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1911 · 173 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
52,474
since 1887

Grady over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Grady has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #179, 1911boys
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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#10,1079#373851
2024#12,1617#372884
2023#8,48612#395806
2022#8,03213#405791
2021#11,1468#424727
2020#9,54610#399768
2019#10,4739#414748
2018#8,14613#414766
2017#375886
2016#8,87512#357938
2015#353958
2014#13,0697#347956
2013#348917
2012#13,4837#334943
2011#16,7645#3041,089
2010#12,2768#3141,015
2009#8,05815#2891,140
2008#13,8327#2861,196
2007#13,9247#341945
2006#13,6067#474558
2005#527462
2004#14,1796#545424
2003#592364
2002#614325
2001#15,3525#708249
2000#9,8749#744229
1999#771206
1998#823180
1997#886156
1996#11,8076#832172
1995#767196
1994#742199
1993#727204
1992#808168
1991#930130
1990#773173
1989#758169
1988#713172
1987#11,3255#715163
1986#721157
1985#768133
1984#775124
1983#795121
1982#708151
1981#721144
1980#733143
1979#729141
1978#661161
1977#668160
1976#643164
1975#561208
1974#8,7755#505249
1973#506237
1972#491256
1971#500264
1970#7,9955#471292
1969#5,9747#465270
1968#495234
1967#490233
1966#466268
1965#458287
1964#447318
1963#467285
1962#6,5785#432341
1961#435336
1960#423357
1959#6,2455#416364
1958#6,1035#416354
1957#400377
1956#395365
1955#4,3768#361403
1954#4,6557#347427
1953#346400
1952#5,5635#332434
1951#3,48210#319471
1950#4,7386#330419
1949#2,85013#320456
1948#4,6516#330415
1947#5,2955#313490
1946#4,4176#310438
1945#4,5565#291418
1944#279455
1943#4,1966#283474
1942#3,1949#273480
1941#3,0309#264453
1940#3,8636#245489
1939#2,73610#239486
1938#3,1818#251471
1937#2,10115#235503
1936#2,26313#242467
1935#2,73110#242475
1934#4,2865#251458
1933#3,1098#243461
1932#3,2748#249465
1931#2,58111#255444
1930#3,0559#247508
1929#2,43713#241506
1928#1,96119#246511
1927#1,88521#250518
1926#1,88321#233576
1925#2,37815#246533
1924#2,66113#234582
1923#2,16917#217595
1922#2,38715#232577
1921#2,94111#213619
1920#3,9577#215602
1919#2,15616#206604
1918#2,10217#216569
1917#2,55212#212528
1916#2,02816#209527
1915#2,52611#211497
1914#2,26510#203408
1913#1,76612#190354
1912#1,9819#217252
1911#2,4635#179173
1910#2,1406#217114
1909#1,7637#21599
1908#1,4399#21296
1907#20694
1906#1,7276#24066
1905#1,5387#23470
1904#1,8775#24759
1903#22565
1902#21370
1901#1,4666#23355
1900#22479
1899#24048
1898#23455
1897#1,3856#30636
1896#1,5835#24057
1895#22959
1894#28538
1893#26444
1892#30337
1891#1,0937#28333
1890#25943
1889#29433
1888#7049
1887#7527
1886
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1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1887

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.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1911 at #179 (173 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 139 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1887–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,306
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 17.6% of all boys named Grady (9,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s49#294 (1889)#583
1890s450#229 (1895)#264
1900s753#206 (1907)#225
1910s4,026#179 (1911)#206
1920s5,619#213 (1921)#233
1930s4,738#235 (1937)#245
1940s4,568#245 (1940)#291
1950s4,014#319 (1951)#366
1960s2,929#423 (1960)#458
1970s2,132#471 (1970)#574
1980s1,477#708 (1982)#741
1990s1,784#727 (1993)#806
2000s5,892#286 (2008)#512
2010s9,216#304 (2011)#356
2020s4,827#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 1942

girls
#3,194
9 births · 1 in 150,080 girls
boys
#273
480 births · 1 in 2,877 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #3,194Grady9

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #273Grady480
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 150,080 of them was named Grady, which outranked 40.6% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grady
  1. #2,986Yvonna10
  2. #2,986Zenith10
  3. #2,986Zoila10
  4. #3,194Grady9
  5. #3,194Abbey9
  6. #3,194Aldene9
  7. #3,194Allena9
  8. #3,444Adean8
  9. #3,444Adriane8
  10. #3,444Alberteen8

Tied with 249 names at #3,194; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

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

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 2,877 of them was named Grady, which outranked 93.2% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grady
  1. #270Frankie489
  2. #271Mitchell488
  3. #272Ivan486
  4. #273Grady480
  5. #273Dallas480
  6. #273Woodrow480
  7. #276Rudy478
  8. #277Conrad476
  9. #278Elbert471

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 2,993Macarthur#3,505#512
  2. 1,546Mcarthur#1,903#357
  3. 655Collin#1,588#933
  4. 514Delmas#1,254#740
  5. 390Colin#713#323
Fallers
  1. 525Otho#971#1,496
  2. 440Florian#918#1,358
  3. 421Martha#960#1,381
  4. 407Watson#951#1,358
  5. 371Gaylen#987#1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942