Grayer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GRAY-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Grayer is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Grayer come from?
English: probably an extension of Gray
Is Grayer a girl's or a boy's name?
Grayer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Grayer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Grayer, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Grayer in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Grayer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Grayer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archer, Ledger, Wilder, Wylder, Gunner, Baker, Baylor, Karter, Beckett, Walker, Brewer, Gael
Names related to Grayer
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Grayer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/grayer, updated 20 October 2026.