Grafton
#8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,080since 1886
Grafton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Grafton has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #4,390 | 22 |
| 2011 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Grafton! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 69 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #8,243)
- 176 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #8,243)
- 3,843 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #8,243)
- Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1896 (#872 → #1,101)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1895 at #872 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1886–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,770
- Highest: 1 in 16,770 boys born in 1895 were named Grafton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 13.4% of all boys named Grafton (145) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 12 | #872 (1895) | #987 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 130 | #1,365 (1913) | #1,747 |
| 1920s | 145 | #1,822 (1928) | #2,178 |
| 1930s | 99 | #1,992 (1937) | #2,290 |
| 1940s | 126 | #1,421 (1942) | #2,188 |
| 1950s | 114 | #2,010 (1952) | #2,447 |
| 1960s | 41 | #2,685 (1960) | #3,513 |
| 1970s | 23 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,837 |
| 1980s | 42 | #4,968 (1987) | #6,003 |
| 1990s | 50 | #5,660 (1992) | #7,058 |
| 2000s | 106 | #4,890 (2001) | #7,237 |
| 2010s | 128 | #4,390 (2012) | #6,967 |
| 2020s | 54 | #7,289 (2023) | #8,413 |
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.
Grafton in 1895
boys
#872
7 births · 1 in 16,770 boys
Top boys' names in 1895
More about 1895
boys
117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 16,770 of them was named Grafton, which outranked 29.7% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).