Grayling — boys' name

What the Data Says About Grayling

The Social Security Administration has registered 529 babies named Grayling between 1950 and 1994, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Grayling currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Grayling performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 327 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Grayling shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Grayling in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Grayling 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 529 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.