Boys' name · since 1950
Graylon
Since 1950, U.S. Social Security records show 361 babies named Graylon, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,580 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,844 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 361
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
361 babies have been named Graylon since 1950, making it today's #9844 boys' name.
Graylon has 361 recorded births among boys since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9844 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #9,580 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,844 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 361 born since 1950
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Graylon ranks #9,580 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,844 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 361 born since 1950, peaking in the 1950s.
- #9,580 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,844 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 361
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Graylon's 361 recorded births place it above 78.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Graylon compares
361 49th 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
Graylon's all-time total is 2% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Graylon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 361 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Graylon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Graylon's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Graylon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Graylon by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (89 births, 25% of the file).
1950s was Graylon's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Graylon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
89 births
- 1960s
1960s
60 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 89 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Graylon's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (89 total births) through the 2020s (47) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Graylon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1950–2025 (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 Graylon 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.