Grayland — boys' name
202 babies named Grayland in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Grayland was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Grayland in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Grayland
The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Grayland between 1950 and 2021, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Grayland currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Grayland performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Grayland shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Grayland in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Grayland 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 202 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.
Grayland at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Grayland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1950
- Peak year (1956)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 72 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
202 total births across 72 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 19 births in a single year.
Grayland by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 103 births that decade — 51% of Grayland's all-time total
Grayland decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Grayland's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Grayland by state
Where Grayland concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 202 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1950–2021 (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.