Unisex name · since 2011
Graye
17 babies named Graye in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,726 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Graye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 2011.
Graye has 17 recorded births among girls since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2021.
- #47,726 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Graye ranks #47,726 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #47,726 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Graye's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Graye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Graye's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Graye popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2021
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Graye popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 1995 (Graye as boys' name)
Graye by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Graye's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Graye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (59% of all-time use).
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What to do with Graye's data
- Graye's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Graye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Graye draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.