Graig — boys' name

What the Data Says About Graig

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,336 babies named Graig between 1944 and 2013, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Graig currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 64 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Graig performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 455 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Graig shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 173 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Graig in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Graig 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 1,336 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.