Graeme
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GRAY-um
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Graeme is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “gravelly homestead”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Graeme mean?
Scottish: Scottish spelling of Graham, a surname from Grantham in England
“gravelly homestead”
The Graham family, named from Grantham in Lincolnshire, settled in Scotland in the 12th century under King David I.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Graeme a girl's or a boy's name?
Graeme is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Graeme in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 88 boys.
Half of all the boys named Graeme in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#84).
Graeme in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 2 | #6,336 |
| 2021 | 2 | #6,291 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 2 | #6,210 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,010 |
| 2002 | 26 | #791 |
| 2001 | 38 | #567 |
| 2000 | 28 | #713 |
| 1999 | 39 | #557 |
| 1998 | 57 | #427 |
| 1997 | 80 | #347 |
| 1996 | 88 | #313 |
How popular is Graeme in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Graeme, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 201 boys. It first appears in the records in 1933.
Half of all the boys named Graeme in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Graeme in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,139 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,212 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 83 | #1,809 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,456 |
| 2015 | 138 | #1,287 |
| 2014 | 184 | #1,065 |
| 2013 | 196 | #999 |
| 2012 | 201 | #989 |
| 2011 | 137 | #1,257 |
| 2010 | 102 | #1,558 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,124 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,466 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 46 | #2,171 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 53 | #1,846 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,249 |
| 1995 | 49 | #1,777 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,302 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,928 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,041 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,200 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
Names like Graeme
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luke Adam Jude Jake Grayson Liam Matthew Nathan Fraser Ethan Cameron Jacob
Names related to Graeme
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Graeme: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/graeme, updated 20 October 2026.