Unisex name · since 2011

Greycen

Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 195 babies named Greycen, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#13,128 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#13,133 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
195
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade

195 babies have been named Greycen since 2011, making it today's #13133 unisex name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Greycen has been recorded 195 times among boys since 2011, currently ranked #13133 nationally and more common than 6% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.

  • #13,128 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #13,133 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 195 born since 2011
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Greycen ranks #13,128 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,133 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 195 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.

#13,128 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#13,133 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
195
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%5.7%
Greycen vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Greycen's 195 recorded births place it above 71.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Greycen compares

195 37th 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

Greycen's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Greycen Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 195 369 358,536
Peak-year births 27 34 22,252

Greycen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Greycen's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Greycen popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2020)
27
Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
051015202530 20112014201620182020202220242025 5

Greycen popularity over time - girls

11 total births recorded since 2016 (Greycen as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 11 births
4.555.566.5 20162017 5

Greycen by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (110 births, 56% of the file).

2010s was Greycen's strongest decade.

110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.

Greycen births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 110 births (56% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Greycen?
Since 2011, Social Security records show 195 babies named Greycen. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #13,128 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #13,133 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2020, with 27 births.
Where does Greycen sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Greycen ranks #13,128 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,133 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Greycen most popular?
Greycen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 110 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
Is Greycen a unisex name?
Yes, Greycen is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 195 births, and as a girl's name it has 11 births.
How long has the name Greycen been used?
The SSA has tracked Greycen since 2011 -- 15 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Greycen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gregory, Greg, Greyson, Gregg, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Greycen's data

  • Greycen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (110 total births) through the 2020s (85) -- 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 Greycen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2011–2025 (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 Greycen 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.