Recorded 1992–2022 Boys' name Peak 2006 380 births

Grason — boys' name

380 babies named Grason in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s352000s1412010s1822020s22
2010s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Grason was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

27 babies were named Grason in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Grason

The Social Security Administration has registered 380 babies named Grason between 1992 and 2022, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Grason currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Grason performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Grason shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Grason in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Grason 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 380 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.

Grason at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

380

Since 1992

31 years of records

Peak year

2006

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1992

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2022

Grason popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1992

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2006)
27
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
051015202530 20222018201420102006200219941992 7

Grason by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
182 births that decade — 48% of Grason's all-time total
1990s352000s1412010s1822020s22

Grason by state

Where Grason concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Grason
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 1.6%
California share of Grason's total US births 1.6%

6 of 380 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Grason?
380 babies have been named Grason since 1992. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2006 with 27 births.
When was Grason most popular?
Grason was most popular in the 2010s decade with 182 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Grason most popular?
The top states for the name Grason are California (6 births).
How long has the name Grason been used?
Grason has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 31 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Grason?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Grant, Grayson, Graham, Grady, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1992–2022 (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.