Grayson
#3,100 for girls in 2025, 52 births · #51 for boys in 2025, 5,805 births
Given to boys 96.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 8,606 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 128,994since 1905
Grayson over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #3,100 | 52 | #51 | 5,805 |
| 2024 | #3,575 | 43 | #48 | 6,232 |
| 2023 | #3,014 | 55 | #44 | 6,471 |
| 2022 | #2,123 | 90 | #37 | 7,197 |
| 2021 | #2,046 | 94 | #35 | 7,554 |
| 2020 | #1,965 | 96 | #35 | 7,487 |
| 2019 | #2,090 | 90 | #33 | 8,311 |
| 2018 | #1,787 | 114 | #32 | 8,606 |
| 2017 | #1,665 | 129 | #34 | 8,718 |
| 2016 | #1,465 | 157 | #37 | 8,693 |
| 2015 | #1,388 | 170 | #47 | 7,926 |
| 2014 | #1,387 | 166 | #63 | 6,581 |
| 2013 | #1,403 | 163 | #77 | 5,557 |
| 2012 | #1,326 | 177 | #86 | 4,717 |
| 2011 | #1,772 | 115 | #98 | 3,940 |
| 2010 | #1,621 | 133 | #122 | 3,359 |
| 2009 | #1,901 | 110 | #172 | 2,258 |
| 2008 | #1,508 | 154 | #188 | 2,116 |
| 2007 | #1,283 | 191 | #211 | 1,853 |
| 2006 | #1,530 | 143 | #218 | 1,681 |
| 2005 | #1,343 | 162 | #254 | 1,308 |
| 2004 | #1,338 | 159 | #272 | 1,196 |
| 2003 | #1,432 | 138 | #297 | 1,025 |
| 2002 | #1,264 | 156 | #308 | 929 |
| 2001 | #1,111 | 190 | #322 | 875 |
| 2000 | #1,237 | 160 | #313 | 926 |
| 1999 | #1,398 | 126 | #333 | 812 |
| 1998 | #1,443 | 118 | #360 | 725 |
| 1997 | #1,638 | 96 | #370 | 658 |
| 1996 | #1,485 | 110 | #402 | 582 |
| 1995 | #1,392 | 118 | #428 | 532 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | #513 | 385 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | #606 | 293 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #618 | 279 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #657 | 238 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #669 | 228 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #758 | 169 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #765 | 152 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #737 | 153 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #780 | 135 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #762 | 135 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #882 | 99 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #1,016 | 76 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #1,242 | 56 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,362 | 48 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #1,089 | 69 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,221 | 56 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,371 | 45 |
| 1977 | — | #1,571 | 35 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,411 | 40 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,280 | 45 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,439 | 36 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1970 | — | #1,238 | 45 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #1,376 | 34 |
| 1968 | — | #1,478 | 28 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,373 | 31 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,856 | 18 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,545 | 26 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,628 | 24 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,546 | 26 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,731 | 22 |
| 1960 | — | #1,320 | 36 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,709 | 22 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,547 | 26 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,608 | 24 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,538 | 25 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,435 | 28 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,406 | 29 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,489 | 25 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,340 | 29 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,173 | 37 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,642 | 19 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,282 | 27 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,399 | 25 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,358 | 26 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,152 | 33 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,680 | 17 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,337 | 25 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,444 | 22 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,326 | 25 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,551 | 20 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,770 | 16 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,078 | 39 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,448 | 26 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,432 | 26 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,390 | 28 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,282 | 32 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,703 | 21 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,188 | 35 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,265 | 27 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
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| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Grayson! It came in at #1,091, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Grayson
- 3 spots since 2024 (#48 → #51)
- 16 spots since 2020 (#35 → #51)
- 4 spots since 2015 (#47 → #51)
- Biggest jump: 134 spots in 1984 (#1,016 → #882)
- Biggest drop: 28 spots in 1988 (#737 → #765)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 2018 at #32 (8,606 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1984–2025
- Highest: 1 in 211 boys born in 2018 were named Grayson (0.47%)
- Latest: 1 in 294 boys born in 2025 (0.34%)
- 51.5% of all boys named Grayson (66,408) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #1,091 (1905) | #1,154 |
| 1910s | 189 | #1,188 (1919) | #1,440 |
| 1920s | 273 | #1,237 (1929) | #1,426 |
| 1930s | 212 | #1,078 (1931) | #1,580 |
| 1940s | 241 | #1,152 (1941) | #1,473 |
| 1950s | 247 | #1,340 (1950) | #1,569 |
| 1960s | 282 | #1,231 (1967) | #1,508 |
| 1970s | 393 | #1,221 (1979) | #1,427 |
| 1980s | 1,092 | #737 (1987) | #939 |
| 1990s | 4,732 | #333 (1999) | #496 |
| 2000s | 14,167 | #172 (2009) | #256 |
| 2010s | 66,408 | #32 (2018) | #63 |
| 2020s | 40,746 | #35 (2021) | #42 |
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.
Grayson in 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 15,296 of them was named Grayson, which outranked 91.0% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,758Rylin116
- #1,758Symone116
- #1,758Valencia116
- #1,772Grayson115
- #1,772Egypt115
- #1,772Janyla115
- #1,772Jazlene115
- #1,780Adamari114
- #1,780Baileigh114
- #1,780Bryce114
Tied with 7 names at #1,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 482 of them was named Grayson, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.