Girls' name · since 2014
Graylynn
196 babies named Graylynn in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,012 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,782 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
196 babies have been named Graylynn since 2014, making it today's #8782 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Graylynn has been recorded 196 times among girls since 2014, currently ranked #8782 nationally and more common than 49% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #20,012 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,782 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 196 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Graylynn ranks #20,012 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,782 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 196 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,012 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,782 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Graylynn's 196 recorded births place it above 72.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
How Graylynn compares
196 36th 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
Graylynn's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Graylynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 196 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Graylynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Graylynn's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Graylynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Graylynn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (117 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Graylynn's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Graylynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s
2020s
117 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 117 births (60% of all-time use).
Graylynn by state
Where Graylynn concentrates geographically, total births since 2014
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 6 | 3.1% |
6 of 196 births nationwide.
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- Ohio records the most Graylynns (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Graylynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~11 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, 2014–2025 (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 Graylynn 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.