Masculine dossier · first seen 1905
Grayson
Stable Decline
Gradual decline from 2017
Peak era
2017
Peak births
8,718
Current vitality
Strong
Peak generation
Gen Alpha
Quick answers about Grayson
How many people are named Grayson?
An estimated 126,707 living Americans are named Grayson.
How rare is Grayson?
Grayson is still widely used among babies today, with 5,805 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 33.4% from its 2017 peak.
How old is the typical Grayson?
The median age of a living American named Grayson is approximately 9 years, with most bearers falling between 5 and 14 years old.
Is Grayson still popular?
Somewhat. Grayson has been declining since its 2017 peak and registered 5,805 births in 2025.
Where is Grayson most common?
Grayson has its strongest geographic signal in North Carolina, where it appears 4.5× more often than the national baseline.
1905Peak 20172025
Peak year
2017
Decline from peak
33.4%
2025
5,805
All-time
128,994
Where it lives now
Grayson is most concentrated in South Carolina — about 4.3× the national rate in the 1990s. It also runs high in North Carolina.
States where Grayson is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.