first name
GREYSON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 36,522 people named Greyson, 74.1% reported their origin as White, 10.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.9% as two or more races. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Greyson peaked in 2017, when 4,889 babies got the name.
At least 61,043 babies have been given the name since 1965. 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.
Greyson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #178. The largest share of babies named Greyson, 80.3%, 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 Greyson is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Greyson has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Utah (2.1×), and Alaska (2×), and least common in Illinois (0.6×).
59,042 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 Greyson
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Greyson, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Greyson ranks #75,363 of 156,621, with 276 people. See Greyson as a last name
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