The name Grayson is of Middle English origin, and means son of the steward.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Grayson has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Grayson
Use of the Name Grayson for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
10,485
10,485
10,485
8,222
4,915
2,192
1,175
The table below indicates the number of times the name Grayson has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Grayson first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1984, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Grayson
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1984
882
99
1985
764
134
1986
787
132
1987
737
153
1988
765
152
1989
759
170
1990
669
228
1991
657
239
1992
620
278
1993
607
293
1994
514
385
1995
428
531
1996
401
582
1997
369
658
1998
359
725
1999
333
811
2000
313
927
2001
322
871
2002
308
925
2003
298
1,017
2004
273
1,175
Totals:
10,485
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Grayson as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Grayson appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 21 times during the last 125 years.