Grayson
For 2025 the count puts Grayson at #51 nationwide, drifting down from its high. First recorded 1905, best year 2017, 128,994 bearers across the whole run.
Grayson’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Grayson, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Grayson since 1905
Grayson peaked in 2017 at #34; #51 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Grayson is most common
By share of a state's recorded boys' names, Grayson runs strongest in Vermont at 1.49% in 2025, then Wyoming and Kentucky.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Grayson
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Grace
#38 in 2025 · Latin
Gabriel
#37 in 2025 · Hebrew
Gianna
#33 in 2025
Georgia
#99 in 2025
Graham
#120 in 2025
Greyson
#149 in 2025
Gemma
#170 in 2025 · Italian
Griffin
#222 in 2025
Browse: names starting with G · all names
About Grayson
Where does Grayson rank right now?
For 2025 the count puts Grayson at #51 nationwide, drifting down from its high. The chart above draws the whole run since 1905, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Grayson?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Grayson, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
What names go with Grayson?
Nearest by the published recipe: Grace, Gabriel and Gianna. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Grayson’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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