NameTides

Grady

Grady was the #373 boys' name in the US in 2025 (851 babies), and #676 in Canada.

Grady as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Grady as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Grady as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#373 (851)——#676 (41)
2024#372 (884)#4,271 (4)—#686 (39)
2023#395 (806)——#620 (43)
2022#405 (791)#4,002 (4)—#657 (40)
2021#424 (727)#3,990 (4)—#477 (61)
2020#399 (768)#3,848 (4)—#639 (40)
2019#414 (748)#3,937 (4)—#759 (32)
2018#414 (766)——#572 (47)
2017#375 (886)#3,449 (5)—#477 (60)
2016#357 (938)#4,810 (3)—#395 (77)
2015#353 (958)#4,747 (3)—#373 (83)
2014#347 (956)——#358 (89)
2013#348 (917)#3,822 (4)—#334 (89)
2012#334 (943)#3,416 (5)—#337 (90)
2011#304 (1,089)#2,613 (7)—#387 (74)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1911 at #179.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1887.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Grady is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Grady by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #355WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #470ILMichigan: #325MINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: #318MAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #350INOhio: #212OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: #361CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #845CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #571CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #318MOKentucky: #269KYWest Virginia: #127WVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #235KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #203TNNorth Carolina: #226NCSouth Carolina: #255SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #215OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #238ALGeorgia: #248GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #519TXFlorida: #440FL
Grady (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#84913

Grady (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GradyCanadaBoys#67641
GradyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
GradyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
GradyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
GradyScotlandBoys—too few
GradyUSGirls#10,1079
GradyUSBoys#373851