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.

Graydon

#2,214 most common boys' name of all time · #5,314 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1890–2025

Rank among boys
#2,214
Rank overall
#5,314 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
3,509
Since 2016
394
Peak year
2010 #1,577
Best rank
#782 1905
Girls Boys peak 100/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Graydon first appears in 1890. 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 — 17 17 #5,409
2024 — 13 13 #6,493
2023 — 33 33 #3,482
2022 — 35 35 #3,352
2021 — 28 28 #3,822
2020 — 40 40 #2,934
2019 — 53 53 #2,496
2018 — 49 49 #2,581
2017 — 62 62 #2,173
2016 — 64 64 #2,148
2015 — 87 87 #1,754
2014 — 71 71 #2,002
2013 — 73 73 #1,918
2012 — 86 86 #1,743
2011 — 84 84 #1,739
2010 — 100 100 #1,577
2009 — 76 76 #1,892
2008 — 96 96 #1,623
2007 — 78 78 #1,851
2006 — 77 77 #1,793
2005 — 61 61 #2,039
2004 — 55 55 #2,135
2003 — 59 59 #1,968
2002 — 33 33 #2,831
2001 — 40 40 #2,435
2000 — 34 34 #2,679
1999 — 30 30 #2,803
1998 — 31 31 #2,661
1997 — 37 37 #2,270
1996 — 35 35 #2,302
1995 — 25 25 #2,863
1994 — 34 34 #2,313
1993 — 18 18 #3,518
1992 — 25 25 #2,761
1991 — 11 11 #4,794
1990 — 17 17 #3,483
1989 — 14 14 #3,835
1988 — 19 19 #2,873
1987 — 22 22 #2,483
1986 — 20 20 #2,615
1985 — 11 11 #3,837
1984 — 13 13 #3,292
1983 — 11 11 #3,666
1982 — 11 11 #3,732
1981 — 11 11 #3,634
1980 — 13 13 #3,279
1979 — 14 14 #3,039
1978 — 13 13 #3,091
1977 — 9 9 #3,881
1976 — 11 11 #3,297
1975 — 8 8 #3,989
1974 — 10 10 #3,365
1973 — 10 10 #3,273
1972 — 11 11 #3,026
1971 — 10 10 #3,194
1970 — 15 15 #2,427
1969 — 9 9 #3,115
1968 — 20 20 #1,803
1967 — 11 11 #2,506
1966 — 17 17 #1,915
1965 — 11 11 #2,510
1964 — 14 14 #2,235
1963 — 14 14 #2,234
1962 — 15 15 #2,138
1961 — 22 22 #1,751
1960 — 17 17 #1,991
1959 — 16 16 #2,057
1958 — 21 21 #1,745
1957 — 18 18 #1,910
1956 — 15 15 #2,122
1955 — 24 24 #1,597
1954 — 14 14 #2,148
1953 — 27 27 #1,468
1952 — 17 17 #1,892
1951 — 22 22 #1,617
1950 — 29 29 #1,349
1949 — 18 18 #1,780
1948 — 20 20 #1,676
1947 — 27 27 #1,435
1946 — 27 27 #1,367
1945 — 14 14 #1,889
1944 — 22 22 #1,457
1943 — 33 33 #1,200
1942 — 29 29 #1,311
1941 — 19 19 #1,606
1940 — 18 18 #1,654
1939 — 24 24 #1,379
1938 — 24 24 #1,384
1937 — 24 24 #1,388
1936 — 27 27 #1,285
1935 — 19 19 #1,617
1934 — 31 31 #1,204
1933 — 32 32 #1,175
1932 — 28 28 #1,302
1931 — 32 32 #1,223
1930 — 36 36 #1,184
1929 — 26 26 #1,432
1928 — 42 42 #1,091
1927 — 44 44 #1,074
1926 — 41 41 #1,117
1925 — 28 28 #1,405
1924 — 34 34 #1,256
1923 — 46 46 #1,048
1922 — 30 30 #1,352
1921 — 37 37 #1,190
1920 — 36 36 #1,217
1919 — 31 31 #1,285
1918 — 24 24 #1,518
1917 — 35 35 #1,143
1916 — 34 34 #1,131
1915 — 27 27 #1,289
1914 — 24 24 #1,211
1913 — 19 19 #1,196
1912 — 15 15 #1,252
1911 — 8 8 #1,344
1910 — 9 9 #1,173
1909 — 5 5 #1,577
1907 — 8 8 #1,076
1906 — 5 5 #1,359
1905 — 11 11 #782
1903 — 5 5 #1,258
1890 — 5 5 #1,145