Girls' name · since 2004
Graylyn
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 134 babies named Graylyn, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,688 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 134
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Graylyn is the #8688 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 134 recorded since 2004.
Graylyn has 134 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8688 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of girls, 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 2004 to 2025.
- #23,946 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,688 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 134 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Graylyn ranks #23,946 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,688 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 134 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,688 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 134
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Graylyn's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Graylyn compares
134 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Graylyn's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Graylyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 134 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Graylyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Graylyn's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Graylyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Graylyn popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1955 (Graylyn as boys' name)
Graylyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (81 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Graylyn's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Graylyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 81 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Graylyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (81 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Graylyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2004–2025 (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 Graylyn 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.