Grafton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GRAF-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Grafton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement by a grove”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Grafton mean?
English: surname from a place name
“settlement by a grove”
The Dukes of Grafton descend from Henry FitzRoy, an illegitimate son of King Charles II.
Is Grafton a girl's or a boy's name?
Grafton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Grafton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Grafton, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1916, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the boys named Grafton in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Grafton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,374 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
Names like Grafton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilson, Emerson, Lawson, Harlan, Watson, Winston, Warren, Judson, Jackson, Harrison, Houston, Anderson
More English names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Grafton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/grafton, updated 20 October 2026.