Grainger
Boy · GRAYN-jer · English
Grainger is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “granary keeper”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Grainger mean?
English: English occupational surname
“granary keeper”
Percy Grainger (1882-1961) was an Australian-born composer and pianist.
- Say it
- GRAYN-jer
Is Grainger a girl's or a boy's name?
Grainger is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Grainger in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Grainger, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Grainger in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 113 boys in the US were given Grainger or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,378, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Granger 103
- Grainger 10
Grainger in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Grainger
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Grainger
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