Meaning not yet researched.
Grayson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5,805 in 2025. Its best rank was #32 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #32 in 2018; #51 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Grayson in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#51 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #32.
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Grayson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5,805 boys in 2025. Peak: #32 in 2018 · most boys in one year: 8,718 (2017).
In 2025, 5,805 US boys were named Grayson, making it the 51st most common boys’ name of the year, down 3 places from #48 in 2024. That is 427 fewer than the 6,232 boys named Grayson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #32, reached in 2018. The most boys given the name in a single year was 8,718, in 2017. For comparison, it was #47 in 2015 and #1,352 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Grayson in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1905 with 6 babies. In all, 133,184 US babies have been given the name, 3.1% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 67,822 babies named Grayson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 75,074 US boys were named Grayson; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 8,718. In 2025 that was about 1 in 294 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Grayson ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #13 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 47 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Graysen (5,182 babies since 1880) and Graycen (1,430 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Graeson, Graison and Grason are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Gray.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Graeson (818), Graison (467), Grason (380), Graesyn (275), Graysyn (172), Graysin (142), Graisyn (119), Grasyn (113), Graycin (80), Graisen (60), Graesen (15), Graysun (12), and more.
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 18 | #13 | #46 |
| Kentucky | 157 | #13 | #13 |
| Mississippi | 66 | #17 | #29 |
| Tennessee | 225 | #18 | #30 |
| Oklahoma | 109 | #19 | #18 |
| Indiana | 181 | #20 | #17 |
| Alabama | 121 | #20 | #15 |
| North Carolina | 283 | #21 | #20 |
| Iowa | 81 | #21 | #15 |
| South Dakota | 27 | #22 | #29 |
| West Virginia | 46 | #22 | #14 |
| Wisconsin | 129 | #24 | #23 |
| Ohio | 285 | #25 | #26 |
| Missouri | 152 | #30 | #32 |
| Arkansas | 66 | #32 | #18 |
| Pennsylvania | 265 | #33 | #54 |
| Michigan | 191 | #34 | #41 |
| New Hampshire | 31 | #35 | #16 |
| Kansas | 70 | #38 | #33 |
| North Dakota | 21 | #39 | #63 |
| Louisiana | 82 | #39 | #28 |
| South Carolina | 96 | #39 | #17 |
| Delaware | 19 | #41 | #62 |
| Montana | 24 | #41 | #45 |
| Wyoming | 10 | #41 | #62 |
| Georgia | 195 | #43 | #32 |
| Idaho | 41 | #45 | #25 |
| Utah | 88 | #46 | #34 |
| Maine | 22 | #46 | #34 |
| Connecticut | 65 | #46 | #51 |
| Rhode Island | 18 | #47 | #62 |
| New Mexico | 31 | #47 | #101 |
| Virginia | 151 | #48 | #32 |
| Maryland | 99 | #52 | #49 |
| Colorado | 100 | #57 | #29 |
| Florida | 338 | #57 | #49 |
| Washington | 116 | #60 | #40 |
| Nebraska | 36 | #64 | #49 |
| Illinois | 162 | #64 | #58 |
| Arizona | 112 | #64 | #62 |
| Nevada | 44 | #66 | #51 |
| Oregon | 56 | #66 | #27 |
| Massachusetts | 95 | #68 | #69 |
| Minnesota | 82 | #71 | #34 |
| Texas | 524 | #73 | #61 |
| New York | 235 | #73 | #80 |
| New Jersey | 104 | #94 | #87 |
| Alaska | 8 | #101 | #81 |
| District of Columbia | 9 | #102 | #91 |
| California | 312 | #132 | #107 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #159 | #52 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,117 | 5,805 | #51 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,601 | 6,232 | #48 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,023 | 6,471 | #44 |
| 2022 | 90 | #2,127 | 7,197 | #37 |
| 2021 | 94 | #2,050 | 7,554 | #35 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,967 | 7,487 | #35 |
| 2019 | 90 | #2,096 | 8,311 | #33 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,793 | 8,606 | #32 |
| 2017 | 129 | #1,668 | 8,718 | #34 |
| 2016 | 157 | #1,469 | 8,693 | #37 |
| 2015 | 170 | #1,388 | 7,926 | #47 |
| 2014 | 166 | #1,388 | 6,581 | #63 |
| 2013 | 163 | #1,407 | 5,557 | #77 |
| 2012 | 177 | #1,328 | 4,717 | #86 |
| 2011 | 115 | #1,773 | 3,940 | #98 |
| 2010 | 133 | #1,626 | 3,359 | #122 |
| 2009 | 110 | #1,906 | 2,258 | #172 |
| 2008 | 154 | #1,514 | 2,116 | #188 |
| 2007 | 191 | #1,284 | 1,853 | #211 |
| 2006 | 143 | #1,534 | 1,681 | #218 |
| 2005 | 162 | #1,346 | 1,308 | #254 |
| 2004 | 159 | #1,341 | 1,196 | #272 |
| 2003 | 138 | #1,435 | 1,025 | #297 |
| 2002 | 156 | #1,264 | 929 | #308 |
| 2001 | 190 | #1,113 | 875 | #322 |
| 2000 | 160 | #1,238 | 926 | #313 |
| 1999 | 126 | #1,404 | 812 | #333 |
| 1998 | 118 | #1,445 | 725 | #360 |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,643 | 658 | #370 |
| 1996 | 110 | #1,486 | 582 | #402 |
| 1995 | 118 | #1,395 | 532 | #428 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,287 | 385 | #513 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,566 | 293 | #606 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,122 | 279 | #619 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,729 | 238 | #657 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,598 | 228 | #670 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,138 | 169 | #762 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,008 | 152 | #765 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,973 | 153 | #737 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,778 | 135 | #781 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,178 | 135 | #763 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,983 | 99 | #882 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,905 | 76 | #1,017 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,535 | 56 | #1,245 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,950 | 48 | #1,364 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,639 | 69 | #1,092 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,372 | 56 | #1,231 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,288 | 45 | #1,377 |
| 1977 | — | — | 35 | #1,584 |
| 1976 | — | — | 40 | #1,417 |
| 1975 | — | — | 45 | #1,290 |
| 1974 | — | — | 36 | #1,452 |
| 1973 | — | — | 27 | #1,714 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,789 | 29 | #1,616 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,706 | 35 | #1,450 |
| 1970 | — | — | 45 | #1,241 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,917 | 34 | #1,385 |
| 1968 | — | — | 28 | #1,487 |
| 1967 | — | — | 37 | #1,237 |
| 1966 | — | — | 31 | #1,383 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1964 | — | — | 26 | #1,556 |
| 1963 | — | — | 24 | #1,639 |
| 1962 | — | — | 26 | #1,564 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,925 | 22 | #1,758 |
| 1960 | — | — | 36 | #1,327 |
| 1959 | — | — | 22 | #1,735 |
| 1958 | — | — | 16 | #2,056 |
| 1957 | — | — | 26 | #1,561 |
| 1956 | — | — | 24 | #1,622 |
| 1955 | — | — | 25 | #1,553 |
| 1954 | — | — | 28 | #1,447 |
| 1953 | — | — | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1952 | — | — | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1951 | — | — | 25 | #1,500 |
| 1950 | — | — | 29 | #1,352 |
| 1949 | — | — | 18 | #1,784 |
| 1948 | — | — | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1947 | — | — | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1946 | — | — | 19 | #1,664 |
| 1945 | — | — | 15 | #1,813 |
| 1944 | — | — | 27 | #1,295 |
| 1943 | — | — | 25 | #1,415 |
| 1942 | — | — | 26 | #1,369 |
| 1941 | — | — | 33 | #1,161 |
| 1940 | — | — | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1939 | — | — | 18 | #1,598 |
| 1938 | — | — | 25 | #1,350 |
| 1937 | — | — | 22 | #1,466 |
| 1936 | — | — | 25 | #1,339 |
| 1935 | — | — | 11 | #2,310 |
| 1934 | — | — | 20 | #1,582 |
| 1933 | — | — | 16 | #1,793 |
| 1932 | — | — | 20 | #1,614 |
| 1931 | — | — | 39 | #1,086 |
| 1930 | — | — | 16 | #1,920 |
| 1929 | — | — | 32 | #1,248 |
| 1928 | — | — | 26 | #1,466 |
| 1927 | — | — | 22 | #1,665 |
| 1926 | — | — | 26 | #1,443 |
| 1925 | — | — | 28 | #1,403 |
| 1924 | — | — | 28 | #1,429 |
| 1923 | — | — | 30 | #1,337 |
| 1922 | — | — | 32 | #1,292 |
| 1921 | — | — | 21 | #1,735 |
| 1920 | — | — | 28 | #1,401 |
| 1919 | — | — | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1918 | — | — | 25 | #1,470 |
| 1917 | — | — | 26 | #1,379 |
| 1916 | — | — | 24 | #1,434 |
| 1915 | — | — | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1914 | — | — | 15 | #1,640 |
| 1913 | — | — | 15 | #1,398 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,462 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,849 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,688 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,285 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,153 |
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).