first name
GRAHAM
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 44,924 people named Graham, 90.9% reported their origin as White, 3.9% as two or more races and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Graham peaked in 2025, when 2,980 babies got the name.
At least 61,671 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Graham by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #264. The largest share of babies named Graham, 49.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Graham is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Graham has been most common in Utah (2.2×), North Carolina (2.2×), and Colorado (1.8×), and least common in New Mexico (0.16×).
56,749 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Graham
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Graham, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Graham ranks #123 of 156,621, with 194,159 people. See Graham as a last name
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