Grahm — #10117 US boys' name
682 babies named Grahm in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Grahm was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Grahm in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Grahm
The Social Security Administration has registered 682 babies named Grahm between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Grahm currently holds the #10117 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Grahm performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 235 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Grahm shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Grahm in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Grahm 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 682 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.
Grahm at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Grahm popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2008)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #10117 among boys.
682 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 36 births in a single year.
Grahm by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 235 births that decade — 34% of Grahm's all-time total
Grahm decade highlights
- Peak decade 235 births
- Runner-up 208 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Grahm's strongest decade
235 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Grahm by state
Where Grahm concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 682 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 0.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.