Grayson
Grayson was given to 5,805 boys in 2025, #51 among boys’ names; 133,184 Americans have been recorded with it since 1905 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 131,000 Americans named Grayson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 5 and 14.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Grayson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Grayson mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Grayson is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “steward” (greyve).
From Middle English greyve (“steward”) + -son.
/ˈɡɹeɪ.sən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Grayson?
#51 among boys’ names, 2025
Grayson fell from #47 in 2015 to #51 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 4.1 to 3.4 per 1,000.
8,850 babies in 2016, the peak
Grayson peaked in 2016, when 8,850 babies were given it (8,693 boys, #37 among boys’ names). The 5,857 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 66% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,805 | #51 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 6,232 | #48 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 6,471 | #44 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 7,197 | #37 | 4.1 |
| 2021 | 7,554 | #35 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 7,487 | #35 | 4.3 |
| 2019 | 8,311 | #33 | 4.6 |
| 2018 | 8,606 | #32 | 4.7 |
| 2017 | 8,718 | #34 | 4.7 |
| 2016 | 8,693 | #37 | 4.6 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7,926 | #47 | 4.1 |
| 2014 | 6,581 | #63 | 3.4 |
| 2013 | 5,557 | #77 | 2.9 |
| 2012 | 4,717 | #86 | 2.5 |
| 2011 | 3,940 | #98 | 2.1 |
| 2010 | 3,359 | #122 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 2,258 | #172 | 1.1 |
| 2008 | 2,116 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 2007 | 1,853 | #211 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 1,681 | #218 | 0.82 |
| 2005 | 1,308 | #254 | 0.65 |
| 2004 | 1,196 | #272 | 0.60 |
| 2003 | 1,025 | #297 | 0.52 |
| 2002 | 929 | #308 | 0.48 |
| 2001 | 875 | #322 | 0.45 |
| 2000 | 926 | #313 | 0.47 |
| 1999 | 812 | #333 | 0.42 |
| 1998 | 725 | #360 | 0.38 |
| 1997 | 658 | #370 | 0.35 |
| 1996 | 582 | #402 | 0.31 |
| 1995 | 532 | #428 | 0.28 |
| 1994 | 385 | #513 | 0.20 |
| 1993 | 293 | #605 | 0.15 |
| 1992 | 279 | #617 | 0.14 |
| 1991 | 238 | #655 | 0.12 |
| 1990 | 228 | #668 | 0.11 |
| 1989 | 169 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 152 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 153 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 135 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 135 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 99 | #882 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,244 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 48 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,231 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 45 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,584 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,417 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,452 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,616 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,450 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,241 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,385 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,236 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,382 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,882 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,555 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,638 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,563 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,757 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,326 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,734 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,055 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,560 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,621 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,552 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,446 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,607 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,417 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,499 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,351 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,783 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,179 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,533 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,663 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,812 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,295 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,414 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,369 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,161 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,707 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,598 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,350 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,466 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,339 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,310 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,582 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,793 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,086 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,920 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,466 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,665 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,443 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,403 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,429 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,337 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,292 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,735 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,401 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,197 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,469 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,434 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,282 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,639 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,461 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,848 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,687 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,284 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,152 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Grayson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 133,184 Americans recorded as Grayson, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 52 girls and 5,805 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Grayson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Grayson, and how old are they?
131,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 133,184 Americans ever recorded as Grayson. The median Grayson alive today is 9 years old; half are between 5 and 14.
The 2020 Census counted 86,122 people named Grayson (3,740 women and girls, 82,382 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 92,250 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 79 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 320 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 578 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 30,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 95,800 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Grayson born?
The states with the most babies named Grayson are Texas, Florida and California, with 20% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 532 | #73 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 343 | #57 | 0.8× |
| California | 317 | #132 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 289 | #21 | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 285 | #25 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 265 | #33 | 0.9× |
| New York | 235 | #73 | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 225 | #18 | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 195 | #43 | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 191 | #34 | 1.0× |
Where Grayson is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Grayson is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Grayson with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 201,521 babies since 1880, Grayson is the most given (66% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5,857 of their 8,500 babies (69%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Grayson
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Grayson and names like it
- Compare Grayson and GreysonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sGrayson peaked in 2016.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Grayson since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Grayson: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Grayson.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Grayson alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with GMost given first.