Graham
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #120 for boys in 2025, 2,967 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 2,967 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 61,436since 1881
Graham over time
Rank among boys' names. Graham 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 | #7,885 | 13 | #120 | 2,967 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #129 | 2,798 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #141 | 2,537 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #155 | 2,401 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #161 | 2,381 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #186 | 2,095 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #180 | 2,156 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #182 | 2,174 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #185 | 2,111 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #179 | 2,247 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #176 | 2,378 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #199 | 2,039 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #203 | 1,883 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #215 | 1,715 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #256 | 1,356 |
| 2010 | — | #284 | 1,189 | |
| 2009 | — | #263 | 1,328 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #322 | 1,031 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #382 | 798 |
| 2006 | — | #430 | 649 | |
| 2005 | — | #408 | 670 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #423 | 617 |
| 2003 | — | #395 | 662 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #408 | 619 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #398 | 631 |
| 2000 | — | #405 | 618 | |
| 1999 | — | #405 | 598 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #405 | 600 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #418 | 554 |
| 1996 | — | #405 | 577 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #375 | 633 |
| 1994 | — | #393 | 590 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #352 | 668 |
| 1992 | — | #402 | 571 | |
| 1991 | — | #369 | 629 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #396 | 586 |
| 1989 | — | #416 | 499 | |
| 1988 | — | #406 | 488 | |
| 1987 | — | #398 | 476 | |
| 1986 | — | #339 | 564 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #352 | 522 |
| 1984 | — | #353 | 517 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #345 | 525 |
| 1982 | — | #369 | 474 | |
| 1981 | — | #382 | 448 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #385 | 445 |
| 1979 | — | #416 | 366 | |
| 1978 | — | #466 | 298 | |
| 1977 | — | #532 | 249 | |
| 1976 | — | #508 | 248 | |
| 1975 | — | #527 | 233 | |
| 1974 | — | #582 | 187 | |
| 1973 | — | #593 | 175 | |
| 1972 | — | #572 | 194 | |
| 1971 | — | #568 | 205 | |
| 1970 | — | #613 | 175 | |
| 1969 | — | #615 | 161 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #717 | 110 |
| 1967 | — | #720 | 106 | |
| 1966 | — | #728 | 103 | |
| 1965 | — | #789 | 88 | |
| 1964 | — | #766 | 99 | |
| 1963 | — | #732 | 114 | |
| 1962 | — | #738 | 108 | |
| 1961 | — | #730 | 111 | |
| 1960 | — | #788 | 94 | |
| 1959 | — | #727 | 111 | |
| 1958 | — | #718 | 107 | |
| 1957 | — | #766 | 96 | |
| 1956 | — | #749 | 96 | |
| 1955 | — | #812 | 81 | |
| 1954 | — | #745 | 92 | |
| 1953 | — | #744 | 92 | |
| 1952 | — | #729 | 93 | |
| 1951 | — | #677 | 106 | |
| 1950 | — | #695 | 97 | |
| 1949 | — | #681 | 101 | |
| 1948 | — | #691 | 93 | |
| 1947 | — | #651 | 112 | |
| 1946 | — | #642 | 100 | |
| 1945 | — | #684 | 78 | |
| 1944 | — | #618 | 99 | |
| 1943 | — | #666 | 93 | |
| 1942 | — | #637 | 100 | |
| 1941 | — | #589 | 101 | |
| 1940 | — | #646 | 86 | |
| 1939 | — | #636 | 86 | |
| 1938 | — | #547 | 112 | |
| 1937 | — | #570 | 102 | |
| 1936 | — | #595 | 95 | |
| 1935 | — | #536 | 116 | |
| 1934 | — | #563 | 110 | |
| 1933 | — | #577 | 100 | |
| 1932 | — | #556 | 113 | |
| 1931 | — | #584 | 100 | |
| 1930 | — | #605 | 102 | |
| 1929 | — | #580 | 106 | |
| 1928 | — | #567 | 117 | |
| 1927 | — | #653 | 94 | |
| 1926 | — | #622 | 101 | |
| 1925 | — | #654 | 95 | |
| 1924 | — | #686 | 90 | |
| 1923 | — | #580 | 117 | |
| 1922 | — | #629 | 105 | |
| 1921 | — | #549 | 129 | |
| 1920 | — | #604 | 108 | |
| 1919 | — | #628 | 93 | |
| 1918 | — | #674 | 85 | |
| 1917 | — | #617 | 92 | |
| 1916 | — | #547 | 109 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #572 | 98 |
| 1914 | — | #609 | 68 | |
| 1913 | — | #604 | 53 | |
| 1912 | — | #584 | 48 | |
| 1911 | — | #577 | 28 | |
| 1910 | — | #556 | 26 | |
| 1909 | — | #615 | 19 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #616 | 17 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #572 | 13 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Graham! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1896, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Graham
- 9 spots since 2024 (#129 → #120)
- 66 spots since 2020 (#186 → #120)
- 56 spots since 2015 (#176 → #120)
- Biggest jump: 402 spots in 1900 (#1,051 → #649)
- Biggest drop: 350 spots in 1899 (#701 → #1,051)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 2025 at #120 (2,967 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1902–2025
- Highest: 1 in 576 boys born in 2025 were named Graham (0.17%)
- 31.3% of all boys named Graham (19,248) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #631 (1887) | #784 |
| 1890s | 79 | #556 (1895) | #777 |
| 1900s | 126 | #613 (1908) | #674 |
| 1910s | 700 | #547 (1916) | #597 |
| 1920s | 1,062 | #549 (1921) | #612 |
| 1930s | 1,036 | #536 (1935) | #577 |
| 1940s | 963 | #589 (1941) | #651 |
| 1950s | 971 | #677 (1951) | #736 |
| 1960s | 1,094 | #615 (1969) | #732 |
| 1970s | 2,330 | #416 (1979) | #538 |
| 1980s | 4,958 | #339 (1986) | #375 |
| 1990s | 6,006 | #352 (1993) | #392 |
| 2000s | 7,623 | #263 (2009) | #383 |
| 2010s | 19,248 | #176 (2015) | #206 |
| 2020s | 15,179 | #120 (2025) | #149 |
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.
Graham 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 178,636 of them was named Graham, which outranked 47.3% 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).
- #9,517Zurielle11
- #9,517Zurri11
- #9,517Zykira11
- #10,129Graham10
- #10,129Aaditri10
- #10,129Aairah10
- #10,129Aarilyn10
- #10,955Aabha9
- #10,955Aakriti9
- #10,955Aala9
Tied with 825 names at #10,129; 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 942 of them was named Graham, which outranked 98.6% 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.