Graham
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #120 for boys
Graham is a boys' name, meaning “gravel”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 120th for boys in the US (2,967 babies).
What does Graham mean?
“gravel”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Graham a girl's or a boy's name?
Graham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 2,967 boys in the US.
How popular is Graham in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Graham, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 120 boys.
Half of all the boys named Graham in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#92), 1934 (#50), 1944 (#22), 1954 (#19), 1964 (#26), 1974 (#42) and 1984 (#59).
Graham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 31 | #920 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 40 | #720 |
| 2004 | 34 | #746 |
| 2003 | 45 | #571 |
| 2002 | 50 | #491 |
| 2001 | 68 | #396 |
| 2000 | 43 | #517 |
| 1999 | 83 | #349 |
| 1998 | 104 | #288 |
| 1997 | 120 | #268 |
| 1996 | 117 | #267 |
How popular is Graham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 120th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,967 about 1 in 580 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.4% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,967 boys in the US were named Graham, making it the 120th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 186th. It first appears in the records in 1881. 13 girls were also named Graham in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Graham of any year since it first appeared, in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Graham in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Graham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,967 | #120 |
| 2024 | 2,798 | #129 |
| 2023 | 2,537 | #141 |
| 2022 | 2,401 | #155 |
| 2021 | 2,381 | #161 |
| 2020 | 2,095 | #186 |
| 2019 | 2,156 | #180 |
| 2018 | 2,174 | #182 |
| 2017 | 2,111 | #185 |
| 2016 | 2,247 | #179 |
| 2015 | 2,378 | #176 |
| 2014 | 2,039 | #199 |
| 2013 | 1,883 | #203 |
| 2012 | 1,715 | #215 |
| 2011 | 1,356 | #256 |
| 2010 | 1,189 | #284 |
| 2009 | 1,328 | #263 |
| 2008 | 1,031 | #322 |
| 2007 | 798 | #382 |
| 2006 | 649 | #430 |
| 2005 | 670 | #408 |
| 2004 | 617 | #423 |
| 2003 | 662 | #395 |
| 2002 | 619 | #408 |
| 2001 | 631 | #398 |
| 2000 | 618 | #405 |
| 1999 | 598 | #405 |
| 1998 | 600 | #405 |
| 1997 | 554 | #418 |
| 1996 | 577 | #405 |
| 1995 | 633 | #375 |
| 1994 | 590 | #393 |
| 1993 | 668 | #352 |
| 1992 | 571 | #402 |
| 1991 | 629 | #369 |
| 1990 | 586 | #395 |
| 1989 | 499 | #416 |
| 1988 | 488 | #406 |
| 1987 | 476 | #398 |
| 1986 | 564 | #339 |
| 1985 | 522 | #352 |
| 1984 | 517 | #353 |
| 1983 | 525 | #345 |
| 1982 | 474 | #369 |
| 1981 | 448 | #382 |
| 1980 | 445 | #385 |
| 1979 | 366 | #416 |
| 1978 | 298 | #466 |
| 1977 | 249 | #532 |
| 1976 | 248 | #508 |
| 1975 | 233 | #527 |
| 1974 | 187 | #582 |
| 1973 | 175 | #593 |
| 1972 | 194 | #572 |
| 1971 | 205 | #568 |
| 1970 | 175 | #613 |
| 1969 | 161 | #615 |
| 1968 | 110 | #717 |
| 1967 | 106 | #720 |
| 1966 | 103 | #728 |
| 1965 | 88 | #789 |
| 1964 | 99 | #766 |
| 1963 | 114 | #732 |
| 1962 | 108 | #738 |
| 1961 | 111 | #729 |
| 1960 | 94 | #787 |
| 1959 | 111 | #726 |
| 1958 | 107 | #717 |
| 1957 | 96 | #765 |
| 1956 | 96 | #748 |
| 1955 | 81 | #811 |
| 1954 | 92 | #744 |
| 1953 | 92 | #743 |
| 1952 | 93 | #728 |
| 1951 | 106 | #676 |
| 1950 | 97 | #694 |
| 1949 | 101 | #680 |
| 1948 | 93 | #690 |
| 1947 | 112 | #651 |
| 1946 | 100 | #642 |
| 1945 | 78 | #684 |
| 1944 | 99 | #618 |
| 1943 | 93 | #666 |
| 1942 | 100 | #637 |
| 1941 | 101 | #589 |
| 1940 | 86 | #646 |
| 1939 | 86 | #636 |
| 1938 | 112 | #547 |
| 1937 | 102 | #570 |
| 1936 | 95 | #595 |
| 1935 | 116 | #536 |
| 1934 | 110 | #563 |
| 1933 | 100 | #577 |
| 1932 | 113 | #556 |
| 1931 | 100 | #584 |
| 1930 | 102 | #605 |
| 1929 | 106 | #580 |
| 1928 | 117 | #567 |
| 1927 | 94 | #653 |
| 1926 | 101 | #622 |
| 1925 | 95 | #654 |
| 1924 | 90 | #686 |
| 1923 | 117 | #580 |
| 1922 | 105 | #629 |
| 1921 | 129 | #549 |
| 1920 | 108 | #604 |
| 1919 | 93 | #628 |
| 1918 | 85 | #674 |
| 1917 | 92 | #617 |
| 1916 | 109 | #547 |
| 1915 | 98 | #572 |
| 1914 | 68 | #609 |
| 1913 | 53 | #604 |
| 1912 | 48 | #584 |
| 1911 | 28 | #577 |
| 1910 | 26 | #556 |
| 1909 | 19 | #615 |
| 1908 | 18 | #613 |
| 1907 | 17 | #616 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 14 | #556 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 13 | #571 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Graham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adam, Michael, Matthew, Nathan, Daniel, Patrick, Liam, Alexander, Jason, Benjamin, Grayson, Luke
Names related to Graham
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, “Graham: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/graham, updated 20 October 2026.