Graye — unisex name
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.
59% of everyone ever named Graye was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Graye in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Graye
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Graye between 2011 and 2021, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Graye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Graye is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1995.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Graye performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Graye shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Graye 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 17 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.
Graye at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Graye popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2011
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
17 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 7 births in a single year.
Graye popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 1995 (Graye as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Graye accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Graye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 10 births that decade — 59% of Graye's all-time total
Graye decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Graye's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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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, 2011–2021 (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.