How Many People Are Named Grayson?
people named Grayson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,608 people in the US has this name
Based on 133,184 babies named Grayson in Social Security records from 1905 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,850 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "son of the steward", derived from Middle English greyve "steward".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Grayson in English. Counting Grayson and these spellings together, about 191,552 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Grayson, 3.2% were girls and 96.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Grayson alive today is about 10 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Grayson first appears in the records in 1905 and was given most often in 2016, to 8,850 babies. In 2025, 5,857 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1905 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Grayson never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #32, in 2018, and it was in the top 100 for 15 years, 2011 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #51.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #51 |
| Best rank | #32 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | 15 (2011 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #56 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Grayson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Grayson were born in Texas than in any other state: about 12,220 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Grayson was given 1.9 times as often in West Virginia, 1.8 times in Kentucky and 1.7 times in Alabama.
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