Grayer — boys' name
161 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.
66% of everyone ever named Grayer was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Grayer in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Grayer
The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Grayer between 2007 and 2023, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Grayer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Grayer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Grayer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Grayer 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 161 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.
Grayer at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Grayer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2007
- Peak year (2008)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
161 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 21 births in a single year.
Grayer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 106 births that decade — 66% of Grayer's all-time total
Grayer decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Grayer's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% 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, 2007–2023 (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.