Graylen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GRAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Graylen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
Where does Graylen come from?
Modern: spelling of Graylin; blend of Gray and the -lin ending
Meaning borrowed from Graylin.
Is Graylen a girl's or a boy's name?
Graylen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Graylen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Graylen, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the boys named Graylen in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were given Graylen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,836, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Graylen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
Nicknames for Graylen
- Gray 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Graylen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Braylen, Rayden, Kayson, Zayden, Jettson, Brecken, Kyaire, Raiden, Kashton, Kylo, Jaxton
Other spellings of Graylen
Names related to Graylen
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Graylen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/graylen, updated 20 October 2026.