Graydon
Graydon was given to 17 boys in 2025, #5,462 among boys’ names; 3,509 Americans have been recorded with it since 1890 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,360 Americans named Graydon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (67% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 13 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Graydon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Graydon?
#5,462 among boys’ names, 2025
Graydon fell from #1,758 in 2015 to #5,462 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 45.4 to 10.0 per million.
100 babies in 2010, the peak
Graydon peaked in 2010, when 100 boys were given it, #1,578 among boys’ names. The 17 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,462 | 10.0 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,586 | 7.5 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,497 | 19.3 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,363 | 20.0 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,842 | 16.0 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,944 | 23.2 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,498 | 29.5 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,589 | 27.0 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,172 | 33.5 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,150 | 33.7 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87 | #1,758 | 45.4 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,007 | 37.0 |
| 2013 | 73 | #1,920 | 38.6 |
| 2012 | 86 | #1,744 | 45.3 |
| 2011 | 84 | #1,743 | 44.2 |
| 2010 | 100 | #1,578 | 52.1 |
| 2009 | 76 | #1,899 | 38.3 |
| 2008 | 96 | #1,622 | 47.1 |
| 2007 | 78 | #1,854 | 37.6 |
| 2006 | 77 | #1,796 | 37.5 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,037 | 30.5 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,139 | 27.7 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,964 | 29.9 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,836 | 17.0 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,444 | 20.6 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,687 | 17.3 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,819 | 15.6 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,671 | 16.2 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,276 | 19.6 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,307 | 18.5 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,868 | 13.1 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,317 | 17.6 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,547 | 9.2 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,760 | 12.5 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,876 | 5.4 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,498 | 8.3 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,879 | 7.0 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,890 | 9.9 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,498 | 11.8 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,628 | 10.9 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,893 | 6.0 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,346 | 7.2 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,711 | 6.1 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,778 | 6.1 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,691 | 6.1 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,317 | 7.3 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,061 | 8.1 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,121 | 7.9 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,952 | 5.5 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,351 | 7.0 |
| 1975 | 8 | #4,078 | 5.1 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,411 | 6.4 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,293 | 6.4 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,036 | 6.8 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,231 | 5.7 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,433 | 8.1 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,157 | 5.0 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,803 | 11.5 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,531 | 6.3 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,916 | 9.5 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,529 | 5.9 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,250 | 7.0 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,243 | 6.9 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,139 | 7.3 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,755 | 10.4 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,004 | 8.0 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,060 | 7.5 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,746 | 9.9 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,914 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,125 | 7.1 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,582 | 11.7 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,149 | 6.9 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,460 | 13.7 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,889 | 8.7 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,615 | 11.7 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,350 | 16.2 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,782 | 10.1 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,673 | 11.4 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,429 | 14.8 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,366 | 16.6 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,879 | 10.4 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,457 | 16.1 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,195 | 23.1 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,308 | 21.0 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,611 | 15.5 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,654 | 15.5 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,372 | 21.7 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,384 | 21.6 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,385 | 22.5 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,276 | 26.0 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,617 | 18.2 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,199 | 30.0 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,171 | 32.3 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,302 | 26.8 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,226 | 30.8 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,180 | 32.8 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,424 | 24.2 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,086 | 37.9 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,069 | 39.0 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,115 | 36.9 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,402 | 25.1 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,259 | 30.0 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,046 | 42.0 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,351 | 27.6 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,185 | 33.6 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,214 | 33.8 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,279 | 31.6 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,511 | 23.7 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,142 | 37.8 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,128 | 38.2 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,281 | 31.8 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,202 | 36.7 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,189 | 37.1 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,239 | 34.9 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,325 | 35.4 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,151 | 46.3 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,552 | 30.5 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,037 | 54.5 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,315 | 37.6 |
| 1905 | 11 | #763 | 83.1 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,194 | 41.9 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,061 | 45.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Graydon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Graydon has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 122 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Graydon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Graydon, and how old are they?
2,360 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 67% of the 3,509 Americans ever recorded as Graydon. The median Graydon alive today is 20 years old; half are between 13 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 2,327 people named Graydon (18 women and girls, 2,309 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,338 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 83 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 243 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 169 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 283 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 963 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 620 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Graydon born?
The states with the most babies named Graydon are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 64% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 128 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 100 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 57 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 47 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 38 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 21 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Virginia | 20 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| South Carolina | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Connecticut | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Graydon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 6,853 babies since 1880, Graydon is the most given (51% of them). In 2025 it was given to 17 of their 72 babies (24%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Graydon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Graydon and names like it
- Compare Graydon and GraydenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sGraydon peaked in 2010.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Graydon since 1910.
- The top names of 2010The year the most babies were named Graydon.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Graydon alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.