Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Grafton

#4,580 most common boys' name of all time · #11,288 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1886–2025

Rank among boys
#4,580
Rank overall
#11,288 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
1,080
Since 2016
106
Peak year
1916 #1,399
Best rank
#958 1895
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Grafton first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 9 9 #8,266
2024 — 9 9 #8,340
2023 — 11 11 #7,310
2022 — 10 10 #7,796
2021 — 6 6 #10,856
2020 — 9 9 #8,098
2019 — 11 11 #7,194
2018 — 10 10 #7,637
2017 — 16 16 #5,544
2016 — 15 15 #5,801
2015 — 5 5 #12,135
2014 — 13 13 #6,325
2013 — 16 16 #5,418
2012 — 22 22 #4,394
2011 — 12 12 #6,593
2010 — 8 8 #8,842
2009 — 19 19 #4,936
2008 — 10 10 #7,723
2007 — 11 11 #7,121
2006 — 10 10 #7,457
2005 — 7 7 #9,155
2004 — 10 10 #7,005
2003 — 11 11 #6,279
2002 — 8 8 #7,685
2001 — 15 15 #4,904
2000 — 5 5 #10,406
1998 — 6 6 #8,522
1997 — 9 9 #6,136
1996 — 7 7 #7,188
1995 — 7 7 #7,034
1994 — 6 6 #7,819
1992 — 9 9 #5,694
1991 — 6 6 #7,330
1989 — 5 5 #7,976
1987 — 8 8 #5,011
1986 — 7 7 #5,381
1984 — 5 5 #6,378
1983 — 5 5 #6,316
1982 — 7 7 #5,065
1981 — 5 5 #6,343
1977 — 5 5 #5,918
1974 — 5 5 #5,298
1972 — 6 6 #4,500
1970 — 7 7 #3,885
1969 — 5 5 #4,476
1965 — 6 6 #3,586
1964 — 8 8 #3,085
1963 — 5 5 #4,118
1961 — 7 7 #3,408
1960 — 10 10 #2,730
1959 — 13 13 #2,326
1958 — 6 6 #3,625
1957 — 11 11 #2,530
1956 — 13 13 #2,293
1955 — 11 11 #2,460
1954 — 12 12 #2,359
1953 — 11 11 #2,429
1952 — 15 15 #2,029
1951 — 10 10 #2,535
1950 — 12 12 #2,237
1949 — 11 11 #2,370
1948 — 14 14 #2,062
1947 — 11 11 #2,391
1946 — 7 7 #2,972
1945 — 10 10 #2,282
1944 — 10 10 #2,352
1943 — 9 9 #2,613
1942 — 24 24 #1,445
1941 — 12 12 #2,114
1940 — 18 18 #1,646
1939 — 11 11 #2,200
1937 — 13 13 #2,024
1936 — 8 8 #2,675
1935 — 11 11 #2,291
1934 — 8 8 #2,804
1933 — 12 12 #2,135
1932 — 13 13 #2,131
1931 — 10 10 #2,523
1930 — 13 13 #2,217
1929 — 15 15 #2,037
1928 — 18 18 #1,854
1927 — 11 11 #2,564
1926 — 12 12 #2,466
1925 — 13 13 #2,353
1924 — 15 15 #2,168
1923 — 15 15 #2,157
1922 — 12 12 #2,511
1921 — 17 17 #2,003
1920 — 17 17 #2,002
1919 — 12 12 #2,415
1918 — 14 14 #2,193
1917 — 22 22 #1,554
1916 — 25 25 #1,399
1915 — 21 21 #1,530
1914 — 13 13 #1,813
1913 — 15 15 #1,407
1912 — 8 8 #1,942
1909 — 5 5 #1,561
1896 — 5 5 #1,225
1895 — 7 7 #958
1886 — 5 5 #1,091