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Names: G

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2,658 names starting with "G"

What the Data Says About Names Starting with G

The Social Security Administration's national baby-name archive contains 2,658 distinct names beginning with the letter G, out of roughly 104,000 total names tracked since 1880. On this page (sorted by name), the leading entry is Grae with 157 cumulative births and a current national rank of #12611. Within the 50 names on this page, 34 are classified as boys' names and 16 as girls' names in SSA records — reflecting the overall letter-level split for {letter}. Every name shown has appeared five or more times in at least one year of SSA data — rarer spellings fall below the disclosure threshold and are not included.

Of the 50 names displayed, 14 currently rank within SSA's annual top 1,000 for their gender — making them actively popular rather than historical-only entries. Combined, these 50 names represent 70,061 births across all years of the SSA archive. Letter-level patterns reveal broader naming conventions: some letters (J, M, S) dominate both boys' and girls' name distributions, while others (U, Y, Q, X, Z) are comparatively rare starting letters in English naming traditions. The distribution of names starting with G reflects both the English-language convention inherited from the Anglo-American majority and the steady contribution of international names (Spanish, Arabic, Asian, African origins) added to the U.S. naming pool over the past century.

All figures on this page derive from publicly released SSA baby-name files, which record the first name on every Social Security card application for U.S. births. Names are tracked by exact spelling, so homophones and near-variants (Sarah and Sara, Aiden and Ayden) count as separate entries; combining them would substantially change the ordering. Peak-year and rank data are drawn from the same SSA files and reflect name-year records with five or more occurrences. This listing is paginated in groups of 50 — across all letter-G names, there are 54 total pages at this sort order. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

Showing 2,001–2,050 of 2,658

Name Gender Total Births
Grae Girl 157
Graecen Boy 5
Graecie Girl 6
Graecyn Girl 62
Graecyn Boy 5
Graeden Boy 72
Graedy Boy 5
Graeham Boy 5
Graelyn Girl 241
Graelynn Girl 119
Graem Boy 7
Graeme Boy 2,849
Graer Boy 5
Graesen Boy 15
Graeson Boy 791
Graeson Girl 15
Graesyn Girl 55
Graesyn Boy 213
Grafton Boy 1,071
Graham Boy 58,459
Graham Girl 222
Grahame Boy 6
Grahm Boy 682
Grai Girl 10
Graice Girl 21
Graicen Boy 5
Graicyn Girl 5
Graiden Boy 80
Graidy Boy 11
Graidys Girl 6
Graig Boy 1,336
Grainger Boy 152
Grainne Girl 92
Graisen Boy 60
Graison Boy 421
Graison Girl 36
Graisyn Girl 43
Graisyn Boy 76
Gralin Boy 49
Gralyn Boy 38
Gram Boy 360
Gramm Boy 7
Granada Girl 15
Grand Boy 6
Granderson Boy 22
Grandin Boy 7
Grandison Boy 5
Grandon Boy 32
Grandville Boy 56
Granger Boy 2,043

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a year are excluded for privacy.

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.