Nameling

Grayson-James

Gender
Boy
Say it
GRAY-sun-JAYMZ
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys

Grayson-James is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of the steward + heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).

What does Grayson-James mean?

English: Grayson + James

“son of the steward + heel-holder, supplanter”

Joins Grayson (English, “son of the steward”) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).

Meanings borrowed from Grayson and James.

Is Grayson-James a girl's or a boy's name?

Grayson-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Grayson-James in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Grayson-James, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 10 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2017Busiest: 10 in 20212025
Grayson-James in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20240–
20230–
20228#2,678
202110#2,257
20204#4,025
20190–
20180–
20171#6,312

Names like Grayson-James

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

More English names

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Grayson-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/grayson-james, updated 20 October 2026.