Graydon

Where Graydon comes from

Graydon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1890
    First appearance
    #994 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Peak, #741
    11 babies named Graydon — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1906
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,253.
  4. 1949
    Graydon Carter born
    Canadian-born American journalist
  5. 1978
    Graydon Oliver born
    US tennis player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Graydon Oliver · US tennis player, born 1978
  • Graydon Carter · Canadian-born American journalist, born 1949
  • Graydon Parrish · American artist, born 1970
  • Graydon Nicholas · Canadian judge, born 1946

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.