Graig

Last seen for boys in 2013 at #10,728

Peak · boys
1978 · 63 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,336
since 1944

Graig over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Graig has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #1,099, 1978boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
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2013#10,7286
2012
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2010#9,6937
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2002#9,3926
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2000#8,2097
1999#9,9125
1998#9,6315
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1996#7,9716
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1993#5,7719
1992#4,87211
1991#2,68325
1990#2,69524
1989#3,61815
1988#3,07917
1987#1,86434
1986#1,87332
1985#1,79433
1984#1,45843
1983#1,39945
1982#1,44144
1981#1,45643
1980#1,43244
1979#1,11664
1978#1,09963
1977#1,09962
1976#1,41140
1975#1,45537
1974#1,33541
1973#1,65328
1972#1,44135
1971#1,46634
1970#1,15951
1969#1,49229
1968#1,54426
1967#1,80919
1966#1,58024
1965#1,59524
1964#1,79320
1963#1,74421
1962#2,03516
1961#1,63524
1960#1,43431
1959#1,75921
1958#1,72421
1957#2,01916
1956#1,94517
1955#1,90217
1954#2,59210
1953#2,39111
1952#2,51410
1951#2,49510
1950#2,43810
1949#2,6069
1948#3,3166
1947#1,78618
1946#3,5255
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five boys were named Graig! It came in at #3,430, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1944–1946, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Graig
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1978 at #1,099 (63 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,061
  • Highest: 1 in 26,061 boys born in 1978 were named Graig (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 315,264 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 34.1% of all boys named Graig (455) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s43#1,786 (1947)#2,933
1950s143#1,724 (1958)#2,178
1960s234#1,434 (1960)#1,666
1970s455#1,099 (1978)#1,323
1980s350#1,399 (1983)#1,941
1990s85#2,683 (1991)#6,219
2000s13#8,209 (2000)#8,801
2010s13#9,693 (2010)#10,211

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.

Graig in 1972

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#1,441
35 births · 1 in 46,332 boys

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #1,441Graig35
More about 1972

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 46,332 of them was named Graig, which outranked 74.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Graig
  1. #1,418Sherwood36
  2. #1,418Wayland36
  3. #1,418Wendall36
  4. #1,441Graig35
  5. #1,441Christos35
  6. #1,441Hasan35
  7. #1,441Kenric35
  8. #1,453Abe34
  9. #1,453Art34
  10. #1,453Brodie34

Tied with 11 names at #1,441; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972