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.

Graylen*

#9,716 most common boys' name of all time · #24,556 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1956–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#9,716
Rank overall
#24,556 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
20 of 146
All-time
295
Since 2016
220
Peak year
2023 #3,440
Best rank
#3,210 1956
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
1960198020002020

Graylen first appears in 1956. 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 23 23 #4,432
2024 31 31 #3,633
2023 34 34 #3,440
2022 23 23 #4,477
2021 8 21 29 #4,666
2020 5 13 18 #6,357
2019 6 14 20 #6,174
2018 7 24 31 #4,261
2016 11 11 #7,249
2015 5 5 #12,381
2014 9 9 #8,256
2012 8 8 #9,014
2011 8 8 #8,943
2006 7 7 #9,798
2005 6 6 #10,402
1960 5 5 #4,506
1959 8 8 #3,268
1958 6 6 #3,917
1957 5 5 #4,495
1956 8 8 #3,210