Graham — #129 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Graham

The Social Security Administration has registered 58,459 babies named Graham between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Graham currently holds the #129 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 2,789 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Graham performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 19,248 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Graham shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,968 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Graham in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Graham in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 58,459 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.