Boys' name · since 2007
Grayer
166 babies named Grayer in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,093 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,996 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
166 babies have been named Grayer since 2007, making it today's #12996 boys' name.
Grayer has 166 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12996 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, 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 2007 to 2025.
- #14,093 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,996 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 166 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grayer ranks #14,093 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,996 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 166 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,093 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,996 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Grayer's 166 recorded births place it above 68.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Grayer compares
166 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Grayer's all-time total is 55% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Grayer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 166 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Grayer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Grayer's full recorded timeline at 2015, 37% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 63% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Grayer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Grayer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (106 births, 64% of the file).
2010s was Grayer's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Grayer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 40
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
106 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 106 births (64% of all-time use).
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What to do with Grayer's data
- Grayer's decade-level peak was the 2010s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Grayer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Grayer 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.