Grady
Grady was given to 851 boys in 2025, #373 among boys’ names; 53,215 Americans have been recorded with it since 1887 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 32,600 Americans named Grady and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (61% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 10 and 54.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Grady by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Grady mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Grady is “a male given name.”
From the Irish surname, from Ó Grádaigh or Mag Bhrádaigh.
/ˈɡɹeɪdi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Grady?
#373 among boys’ names, 2025
Grady fell from #353 in 2015 to #373 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born held at 0.50 per 1,000.
1,203 babies in 2008, the peak
Grady peaked in 2008, when 1,203 babies were given it (1,196 boys, #286 among boys’ names). The 860 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 71% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 851 | #373 | 0.50 |
| 2024 | 884 | #372 | 0.51 |
| 2023 | 806 | #395 | 0.47 |
| 2022 | 791 | #405 | 0.45 |
| 2021 | 727 | #426 | 0.42 |
| 2020 | 768 | #399 | 0.44 |
| 2019 | 748 | #414 | 0.42 |
| 2018 | 766 | #414 | 0.42 |
| 2017 | 886 | #375 | 0.48 |
| 2016 | 938 | #357 | 0.49 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 958 | #353 | 0.50 |
| 2014 | 956 | #347 | 0.50 |
| 2013 | 917 | #349 | 0.48 |
| 2012 | 943 | #334 | 0.50 |
| 2011 | 1,089 | #304 | 0.57 |
| 2010 | 1,015 | #314 | 0.53 |
| 2009 | 1,140 | #289 | 0.57 |
| 2008 | 1,196 | #286 | 0.59 |
| 2007 | 945 | #341 | 0.46 |
| 2006 | 558 | #474 | 0.27 |
| 2005 | 462 | #527 | 0.23 |
| 2004 | 424 | #545 | 0.21 |
| 2003 | 364 | #592 | 0.18 |
| 2002 | 325 | #614 | 0.17 |
| 2001 | 249 | #709 | 0.13 |
| 2000 | 229 | #745 | 0.12 |
| 1999 | 206 | #769 | 0.11 |
| 1998 | 180 | #824 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 156 | #885 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 172 | #831 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 196 | #764 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 199 | #741 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 204 | #726 | 0.10 |
| 1992 | 168 | #808 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 130 | #927 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 173 | #771 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 169 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 172 | #714 | 0.09 |
| 1987 | 163 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1986 | 157 | #723 | 0.09 |
| 1985 | 133 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 124 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 121 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 151 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 144 | #722 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 143 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 141 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 161 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 160 | #668 | 0.10 |
| 1976 | 164 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 208 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 249 | #505 | 0.16 |
| 1973 | 237 | #506 | 0.15 |
| 1972 | 256 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 264 | #501 | 0.15 |
| 1970 | 292 | #471 | 0.16 |
| 1969 | 270 | #465 | 0.15 |
| 1968 | 234 | #495 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 233 | #491 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 268 | #466 | 0.15 |
| 1965 | 287 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1964 | 318 | #447 | 0.16 |
| 1963 | 285 | #468 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 341 | #433 | 0.16 |
| 1961 | 336 | #435 | 0.16 |
| 1960 | 357 | #423 | 0.17 |
| 1959 | 364 | #416 | 0.17 |
| 1958 | 354 | #416 | 0.17 |
| 1957 | 377 | #400 | 0.17 |
| 1956 | 365 | #395 | 0.17 |
| 1955 | 403 | #362 | 0.20 |
| 1954 | 427 | #346 | 0.21 |
| 1953 | 400 | #346 | 0.20 |
| 1952 | 434 | #331 | 0.22 |
| 1951 | 471 | #319 | 0.25 |
| 1950 | 419 | #330 | 0.23 |
| 1949 | 456 | #321 | 0.26 |
| 1948 | 415 | #330 | 0.24 |
| 1947 | 490 | #313 | 0.27 |
| 1946 | 438 | #310 | 0.27 |
| 1945 | 418 | #291 | 0.31 |
| 1944 | 455 | #279 | 0.33 |
| 1943 | 474 | #283 | 0.33 |
| 1942 | 480 | #274 | 0.35 |
| 1941 | 453 | #264 | 0.37 |
| 1940 | 489 | #245 | 0.42 |
| 1939 | 486 | #239 | 0.44 |
| 1938 | 471 | #251 | 0.42 |
| 1937 | 503 | #235 | 0.47 |
| 1936 | 467 | #242 | 0.45 |
| 1935 | 475 | #243 | 0.46 |
| 1934 | 458 | #252 | 0.44 |
| 1933 | 461 | #243 | 0.46 |
| 1932 | 465 | #249 | 0.45 |
| 1931 | 444 | #255 | 0.43 |
| 1930 | 508 | #247 | 0.46 |
| 1929 | 506 | #241 | 0.47 |
| 1928 | 511 | #246 | 0.46 |
| 1927 | 518 | #250 | 0.46 |
| 1926 | 576 | #233 | 0.52 |
| 1925 | 533 | #246 | 0.48 |
| 1924 | 582 | #234 | 0.51 |
| 1923 | 595 | #217 | 0.54 |
| 1922 | 577 | #232 | 0.53 |
| 1921 | 619 | #213 | 0.56 |
| 1920 | 602 | #215 | 0.57 |
| 1919 | 604 | #206 | 0.62 |
| 1918 | 569 | #216 | 0.56 |
| 1917 | 528 | #213 | 0.57 |
| 1916 | 527 | #209 | 0.59 |
| 1915 | 497 | #211 | 0.59 |
| 1914 | 408 | #203 | 0.62 |
| 1913 | 354 | #190 | 0.69 |
| 1912 | 252 | #217 | 0.59 |
| 1911 | 173 | #180 | 0.77 |
| 1910 | 114 | #217 | 0.59 |
| 1909 | 99 | #215 | 0.60 |
| 1908 | 96 | #213 | 0.62 |
| 1907 | 94 | #206 | 0.64 |
| 1906 | 66 | #241 | 0.50 |
| 1905 | 70 | #235 | 0.53 |
| 1904 | 59 | #248 | 0.46 |
| 1903 | 65 | #225 | 0.55 |
| 1902 | 70 | #213 | 0.57 |
| 1901 | 55 | #233 | 0.52 |
| 1900 | 79 | #224 | 0.53 |
| 1899 | 48 | #240 | 0.45 |
| 1898 | 55 | #235 | 0.45 |
| 1897 | 36 | #309 | 0.32 |
| 1896 | 57 | #240 | 0.48 |
| 1895 | 59 | #229 | 0.50 |
| 1894 | 38 | #285 | 0.33 |
| 1893 | 44 | #264 | 0.39 |
| 1892 | 37 | #305 | 0.30 |
| 1891 | 33 | #287 | 0.33 |
| 1890 | 43 | #264 | 0.39 |
| 1889 | 33 | #298 | 0.30 |
| 1888 | 9 | #717 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 7 | #782 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Grady a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 53,215 Americans recorded as Grady, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 9 girls and 851 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Grady: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Grady, and how old are they?
32,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 61% of the 53,215 Americans ever recorded as Grady. The median Grady alive today is 18 years old; half are between 10 and 54.
The 2020 Census counted 27,688 people named Grady (322 women and girls, 27,366 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 30,322 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,660 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,890 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,140 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,460 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 9,430 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 11,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Grady born?
The states with the most babies named Grady are Texas, Ohio and North Carolina, with 22% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 64 | #520 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 61 | #214 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 55 | #228 | 2.7× |
| Georgia | 50 | #249 | 3.8× |
| Tennessee | 45 | #204 | 2.0× |
| Florida | 43 | #440 | 1.2× |
| California | 28 | #849 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 28 | #326 | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 23 | #240 | 3.6× |
| South Carolina | 22 | #259 | 2.6× |
Where Grady is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Grady is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 3.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Grady with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 53,937 babies since 1880, Grady is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 860 of their 867 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Grady
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Grady and names like it
- Compare Grady and GradieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sGrady peaked in 2008.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Grady since 1910.
- The top names of 2008The year the most babies were named Grady.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Grady alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with GMost given first.