How rare is the name Grayson?

86,122 people in the United States have the first name Grayson, about 1 in 3,507. It ranks #615 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GRAYSON

#615

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
86,122
About
1 in 3,507
This common or more
62.2%
Who bears it

Of the 86,122 people named Grayson, 79% reported their origin as White, 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.8% as two or more races. 95.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Grayson peaked in 2016, when 8,850 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19052025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
8,850
In 2025*
5,857 ▼34%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 133,184 babies have been given the name since 1905. 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.

Grayson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #58. The largest share of babies named Grayson, 72.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#4,05512
1910s#2,758189
1920s#2,828273
1930s#3,001212
1940s#3,055241
1950s#3,543247
1960s#3,547293
1970s#3,326417
1980s#1,9921,181
1990s#8975,391
2000s#43415,730
2010s#8167,822
2020s#5841,176
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–963%
Generation Z 1997–1223.1%
2013 and later72.5%

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 Grayson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Grayson has been most common in Nevada (2.1×), North Carolina (1.9×), and Utah (1.8×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.28×).

128,757 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 Grayson

#613 Marsha · 86,245#614 Sophie · 86,141#616 Sierra · 85,582#617 Brendan · 85,406

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Grayson, most common first.

#1,121 Greyson · 36,522#5,035 Graysen · 3,504#7,425 Greysen · 2,059#12,175 Graycen · 1,030#17,205 Graeson · 645#17,722 Grason · 617#24,063 Graison · 403#52,900 Gregson · 104

Also a last name

As a last name, Grayson ranks #2,166 of 156,621, with 16,326 people. See Grayson as a last name

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