Graycen — #7055 US unisex name
774 babies named Graycen in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Graycen was born in this single decade.
53 babies were named Graycen in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Graycen
The Social Security Administration has registered 774 babies named Graycen between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Graycen currently holds the #7055 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 53 babies received it in a single year. Graycen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 618 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Graycen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 395 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Graycen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Graycen in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Graycen 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 774 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.
Graycen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Graycen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2016)
- 53
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #7055 among girls.
774 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 53 births in a single year.
Graycen popularity over time — boys
618 total births recorded since 2003 (Graycen as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Graycen accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Graycen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 395 births that decade — 51% of Graycen's all-time total
Graycen decade highlights
- Peak decade 395 births
- Runner-up 225 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Graycen's strongest decade
395 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Graycen by state
Where Graycen concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 28 | 3.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
28 of 774 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.6% of nationwide
- Florida 1.3% of nationwide
- California 0.6% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.6% 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, 1995–2024 (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.