Grayson
Boy · GRAY-sun · English
Grayson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of the steward”. In 2025 it ranked 99th for boys in the UK (578 babies) and 51st for boys in the US (5,805 babies).
What does Grayson mean?
English: English surname
“son of the steward”
From an English surname meaning son of the steward, from Middle English greyve.
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Is Grayson a girl's or a boy's name?
Grayson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 578 boys in the UK and 52 girls and 5,805 boys in the US.
How popular is Grayson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #99among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 578about 1 in 520 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.7%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 578 boys in the UK were named Grayson, making it the 99th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 65th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 1,019 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Grayson than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Grayson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 661 boys in the UK were given Grayson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #96, up from #99 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 104th in England and Wales, 68th in Scotland and 212th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#90).
Grayson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 578 | #99 |
| 2024 | 676 | #88 |
| 2023 | 750 | #75 |
| 2022 | 919 | #71 |
| 2021 | 1,019 | #65 |
| 2020 | 988 | #65 |
| 2019 | 905 | #74 |
| 2018 | 828 | #88 |
| 2017 | 645 | #112 |
| 2016 | 463 | #145 |
| 2015 | 365 | #180 |
| 2014 | 285 | #223 |
| 2013 | 237 | #239 |
| 2012 | 144 | #347 |
| 2011 | 105 | #417 |
| 2010 | 72 | #541 |
| 2009 | 30 | #972 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Grayson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #51among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5,805about 1 in 290 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.7%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5,805 boys in the US were named Grayson, making it the 51st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 35th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8,718 boys. It first appears in the records in 1905. 52 girls were also named Grayson in 2025 (3,100th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Grayson than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Grayson in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,605 boys in the US were given Grayson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #23, up from #51 for this spelling alone.
Grayson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,805 | #51 |
| 2024 | 6,232 | #48 |
| 2023 | 6,471 | #44 |
| 2022 | 7,197 | #37 |
| 2021 | 7,554 | #35 |
| 2020 | 7,487 | #35 |
| 2019 | 8,311 | #33 |
| 2018 | 8,606 | #32 |
| 2017 | 8,718 | #34 |
| 2016 | 8,693 | #37 |
| 2015 | 7,926 | #47 |
| 2014 | 6,581 | #63 |
| 2013 | 5,557 | #77 |
| 2012 | 4,717 | #86 |
| 2011 | 3,940 | #98 |
| 2010 | 3,359 | #122 |
| 2009 | 2,258 | #172 |
| 2008 | 2,116 | #188 |
| 2007 | 1,853 | #211 |
| 2006 | 1,681 | #218 |
| 2005 | 1,308 | #254 |
| 2004 | 1,196 | #272 |
| 2003 | 1,025 | #297 |
| 2002 | 929 | #308 |
| 2001 | 875 | #322 |
| 2000 | 926 | #313 |
| 1999 | 812 | #333 |
| 1998 | 725 | #360 |
| 1997 | 658 | #370 |
| 1996 | 582 | #402 |
| 1995 | 532 | #428 |
| 1994 | 385 | #513 |
| 1993 | 293 | #605 |
| 1992 | 279 | #616 |
| 1991 | 238 | #655 |
| 1990 | 228 | #667 |
| 1989 | 169 | #755 |
| 1988 | 152 | #764 |
| 1987 | 153 | #737 |
| 1986 | 135 | #780 |
| 1985 | 135 | #762 |
| 1984 | 99 | #882 |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,016 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,241 |
| 1981 | 48 | #1,362 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,089 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,221 |
| 1978 | 45 | #1,371 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,411 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,439 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,238 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,544 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,319 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,546 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,537 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,434 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,405 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,488 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,358 |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,578 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,337 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,444 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,551 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,078 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,237 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,432 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,390 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,188 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,362 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,415 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,265 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
Nicknames for Grayson
- Gray 10 boys in the UK in 2025
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Other spellings of Grayson
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