How Many People Are Named Grady?
people named Grady are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,375 people in the US has this name
Based on 53,215 babies named Grady in Social Security records from 1887 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,203 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Grádaigh meaning "descendant of Grádaigh". The name Grádaigh means "noble" in Gaelic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Grady, 0.9% were girls and 99.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1890s: 3.8% of the babies were girls then and 1.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Grady alive today is about 30 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Grady first appears in the records in 1887 and was given most often in 2008, to 1,203 babies. In 2025, 860 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1887 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Grady has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #180, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #373.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #373 |
| Best rank | #180 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #358 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Grady alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Grady were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,564 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Grady was given 4.2 times as often in Alabama, 4.2 times in Georgia and 3.1 times in South Carolina.
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