Grayton — #8687 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Grayton

The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Grayton between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Grayton currently holds the #8687 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Grayton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Grayton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Grayton in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Grayton 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 189 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.