Boys' name · since 2015

Greyston

27 babies named Greyston in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#26,652 of 45,481
all-time among boys
27
born since 2015
2010s
peak decade

Greyston is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 27 have been recorded since 2015.

Social Security Administration records show Greyston recorded 27 times among boys since 2015, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2018.

  • #26,652 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 27 born since 2015
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Greyston ranks #26,652 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 2015, peaking in the 2010s.

#26,652 of 45,481
all-time among boys
27
born since 2015
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Greyston's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% 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.

Greyston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Greyston's full recorded timeline at 2017, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Greyston popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2018

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2017)
8
Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
5.566.577.588.5 2015201620172018 7

Greyston by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (27 births, 100% of the file).

2010s was Greyston's strongest decade.

27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Greyston births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 27 births (100% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Greyston?
Greyston has been given to 27 babies in the U.S. since 2015, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #26,652 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2018. 8 babies were born in 2017, its single highest year.
Where does Greyston sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Greyston ranks #26,652 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Greyston most popular?
Greyston was most popular in the 2010s decade with 27 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Greyston been used?
Greyston has been recorded in Social Security data since 2015, spanning 4 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Greyston?
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.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Greyston: 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, 2015–2018 (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 Greyston 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.