Meaning not yet researched.
Grady: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 851 in 2025. Its best rank was #180 in 1911.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #180 in 1911; #373 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Grady in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#373 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1911, at #180.
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Grady: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 851 boys in 2025. Peak: #180 in 1911 · most boys in one year: 1,196 (2008).
In 2025, 851 US boys were named Grady, making it the 373rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 1 place from #372 in 2024. That is 33 fewer than the 884 boys named Grady in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #180, reached in 1911. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,196, in 2008. For comparison, it was #353 in 2015 and #330 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Grady in 139 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1887 with 7 babies. In all, 53,215 US babies have been given the name, 1.4% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 9,277 babies named Grady.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,165 US boys were named Grady; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 938. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,007 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Grady ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #134 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Gradie, Gradey and Graidy are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Gradie (648), Gradey (38), Graidy (11), Graddy (5), Graedy (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Grady in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 15 | #134 | — |
| Maine | 8 | #162 | #183 |
| Tennessee | 45 | #204 | #243 |
| Montana | 6 | #209 | — |
| Ohio | 61 | #214 | #240 |
| Oklahoma | 22 | #216 | #253 |
| North Carolina | 55 | #228 | #342 |
| Kansas | 16 | #238 | #271 |
| Alabama | 23 | #240 | #189 |
| Georgia | 50 | #249 | #301 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #256 | #453 |
| South Carolina | 22 | #259 | #251 |
| Kentucky | 20 | #272 | #298 |
| Minnesota | 20 | #307 | #182 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #311 | #301 |
| Iowa | 12 | #318 | #284 |
| Missouri | 21 | #320 | #313 |
| Michigan | 28 | #326 | #279 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | #326 | #261 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #349 | #256 |
| Indiana | 21 | #355 | #287 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #361 | #338 |
| Connecticut | 8 | #366 | #331 |
| Maryland | 14 | #371 | #299 |
| Idaho | 6 | #394 | #230 |
| Oregon | 9 | #418 | #347 |
| Utah | 11 | #418 | #456 |
| Florida | 43 | #440 | #467 |
| Washington | 16 | #456 | #258 |
| Virginia | 17 | #462 | #419 |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #467 | #303 |
| Illinois | 22 | #475 | #332 |
| Texas | 64 | #520 | #551 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #549 | #514 |
| Colorado | 9 | #587 | #385 |
| Arizona | 11 | #602 | #503 |
| New York | 21 | #702 | #446 |
| New Jersey | 9 | #727 | #383 |
| California | 28 | #849 | #633 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,379 | 851 | #373 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,629 | 884 | #372 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,649 | 806 | #395 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,214 | 791 | #405 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,471 | 727 | #426 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,800 | 768 | #399 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,781 | 748 | #414 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,301 | 766 | #414 |
| 2017 | — | — | 886 | #375 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,077 | 938 | #357 |
| 2015 | — | — | 958 | #353 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,565 | 956 | #347 |
| 2013 | — | — | 917 | #349 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,999 | 943 | #334 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,714 | 1,089 | #304 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,705 | 1,015 | #314 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,192 | 1,140 | #289 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,361 | 1,196 | #286 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,436 | 945 | #341 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,091 | 558 | #474 |
| 2005 | — | — | 462 | #527 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,790 | 424 | #545 |
| 2003 | — | — | 364 | #592 |
| 2002 | — | — | 325 | #614 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,204 | 249 | #710 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,177 | 229 | #746 |
| 1999 | — | — | 206 | #771 |
| 1998 | — | — | 180 | #825 |
| 1997 | — | — | 156 | #887 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,355 | 172 | #833 |
| 1995 | — | — | 196 | #767 |
| 1994 | — | — | 199 | #742 |
| 1993 | — | — | 204 | #727 |
| 1992 | — | — | 168 | #810 |
| 1991 | — | — | 130 | #931 |
| 1990 | — | — | 173 | #775 |
| 1989 | — | — | 169 | #761 |
| 1988 | — | — | 172 | #714 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,933 | 163 | #716 |
| 1986 | — | — | 157 | #723 |
| 1985 | — | — | 133 | #770 |
| 1984 | — | — | 124 | #776 |
| 1983 | — | — | 121 | #797 |
| 1982 | — | — | 151 | #709 |
| 1981 | — | — | 144 | #722 |
| 1980 | — | — | 143 | #735 |
| 1979 | — | — | 141 | #730 |
| 1978 | — | — | 161 | #661 |
| 1977 | — | — | 160 | #668 |
| 1976 | — | — | 164 | #644 |
| 1975 | — | — | 208 | #561 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,221 | 249 | #505 |
| 1973 | — | — | 237 | #506 |
| 1972 | — | — | 256 | #491 |
| 1971 | — | — | 264 | #501 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,425 | 292 | #471 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,174 | 270 | #465 |
| 1968 | — | — | 234 | #495 |
| 1967 | — | — | 233 | #491 |
| 1966 | — | — | 268 | #466 |
| 1965 | — | — | 287 | #459 |
| 1964 | — | — | 318 | #447 |
| 1963 | — | — | 285 | #468 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,924 | 341 | #433 |
| 1961 | — | — | 336 | #435 |
| 1960 | — | — | 357 | #423 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,595 | 364 | #416 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,430 | 354 | #416 |
| 1957 | — | — | 377 | #401 |
| 1956 | — | — | 365 | #396 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,520 | 403 | #363 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,854 | 427 | #347 |
| 1953 | — | — | 400 | #347 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,871 | 434 | #332 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,581 | 471 | #319 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,944 | 419 | #330 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,898 | 456 | #321 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,872 | 415 | #330 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,617 | 490 | #313 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,640 | 438 | #310 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,818 | 418 | #291 |
| 1944 | — | — | 455 | #279 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,385 | 474 | #283 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,280 | 480 | #274 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,102 | 453 | #264 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,047 | 489 | #245 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,791 | 486 | #239 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,291 | 471 | #251 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,126 | 503 | #235 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,316 | 467 | #242 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,812 | 475 | #243 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,559 | 458 | #252 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,238 | 461 | #243 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,402 | 465 | #249 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,646 | 444 | #255 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,169 | 508 | #247 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,493 | 506 | #241 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,982 | 511 | #246 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,909 | 518 | #250 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,901 | 576 | #233 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,424 | 533 | #246 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,726 | 582 | #234 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,211 | 595 | #217 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,423 | 577 | #232 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,021 | 619 | #213 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,154 | 602 | #215 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,186 | 604 | #206 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,144 | 569 | #216 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,621 | 528 | #213 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,067 | 527 | #209 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,601 | 497 | #211 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,335 | 408 | #203 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,818 | 354 | #190 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,045 | 252 | #217 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,635 | 173 | #180 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,257 | 114 | #217 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,855 | 99 | #215 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,477 | 96 | #213 |
| 1907 | — | — | 94 | #206 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,824 | 66 | #241 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,597 | 70 | #235 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,003 | 59 | #248 |
| 1903 | — | — | 65 | #225 |
| 1902 | — | — | 70 | #213 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,558 | 55 | #233 |
| 1900 | — | — | 79 | #224 |
| 1899 | — | — | 48 | #240 |
| 1898 | — | — | 55 | #235 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,447 | 36 | #309 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,678 | 57 | #240 |
| 1895 | — | — | 59 | #229 |
| 1894 | — | — | 38 | #285 |
| 1893 | — | — | 44 | #264 |
| 1892 | — | — | 37 | #305 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,139 | 33 | #287 |
| 1890 | — | — | 43 | #264 |
| 1889 | — | — | 33 | #298 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #717 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #782 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).