NameTides

Grayson

Grayson was the #51 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5,805 babies), and #104 in England & Wales and #69 in Canada.

Grayson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Grayson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
Grayson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#51 (5,805)#104 (499)#68 (70)#212 (9)#244 (19)#69 (401)#97 (90)
2024#48 (6,232)#90 (586)#62 (80)#202 (10)#240 (18)#66 (407)#93 (90)
2023#44 (6,471)#78 (665)#64 (78)#249 (7)#198 (25)#67 (408)—
2022#37 (7,197)#71 (815)#55 (95)#221 (9)#184 (28)#46 (504)—
2021#35 (7,554)#68 (903)#48 (103)#176 (13)#175 (31)#45 (575)—
2020#35 (7,487)#66 (884)#67 (79)#106 (25)#250 (19)#41 (597)—
2019#33 (8,311)#72 (822)#87 (73)#209 (10)#202 (26)#37 (660)—
2018#32 (8,606)#83 (742)#80 (75)#195 (11)#247 (20)#43 (627)—
2017#34 (8,718)#109 (588)#121 (50)#250 (7)#317 (13)#45 (652)—
2016#37 (8,693)#139 (427)#186 (30)#281 (6)#298 (15)#43 (695)—
2015#47 (7,926)#172 (340)#206 (25)—#503 (6)#47 (656)—
2014#63 (6,581)#218 (262)#216 (23)—#609 (4)#46 (675)—
2013#77 (5,557)#231 (224)#299 (13)——#67 (528)—
2012#86 (4,717)#336 (132)#361 (9)#403 (3)—#77 (490)—
2011#98 (3,940)#392 (100)#491 (5)——#79 (472)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #32.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1905.

How common is it?

about 1 in 290 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 290common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 540common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 280common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 400common

Next year

On its recent trend, Grayson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 310 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 310 to 1 in 320.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Grayson by state, 2025Alaska: #94AKMaine: #46MEWisconsin: #24WIVermont: #13VTNew Hampshire: #34NHWashington: #60WAIdaho: #45IDMontana: #38MTNorth Dakota: #36NDMinnesota: #71MNIllinois: #64ILMichigan: #33MINew York: #73NYMassachusetts: #67MAOregon: #66ORNevada: #64NVWyoming: #39WYSouth Dakota: #22SDIowa: #20IAIndiana: #20INOhio: #24OHPennsylvania: #33PANew Jersey: #94NJConnecticut: #44CTRhode Island: #44RICalifornia: #132CAUtah: #45UTColorado: #56CONebraska: #63NEMissouri: #29MOKentucky: #13KYWest Virginia: #20WVVirginia: #48VAMaryland: #51MDDelaware: #39DEArizona: #63AZNew Mexico: #46NMKansas: #38KSArkansas: #32ARTennessee: #18TNNorth Carolina: #21NCSouth Carolina: #39SCDistrict of Columbia: #97DCOklahoma: #19OKLouisiana: #38LAMississippi: #17MSAlabama: #20ALGeorgia: #43GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #73TXFlorida: #57FL
Grayson (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#68172
Quebec2025#5138

Grayson (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
GraysonCanadaGirls—too few
GraysonCanadaBoys#69401
GraysonEngland & WalesBoys#104499
GraysonIrelandBoys#24419
GraysonNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
GraysonNSWBoys#9790
GraysonScotlandBoys#6870
GraysonUSGirls#3,10052
GraysonUSBoys#515,805