Graylin*
#6,356 most common boys' name of all time · #15,877 across all names · 84% male / 16% female · used 1949–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,356
Rank overall
#15,877 of 105,966
First appeared
1949
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
630
Since 2016
132
Peak year
1957 #1,510
Best rank
#1,510 1957
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Graylin first appears in 1949. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,141 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #6,971 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #11,085 |
| 2021 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #12,423 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #10,833 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #7,746 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #12,427 |
| 2017 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #12,525 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,465 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,613 |
| 2014 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #6,721 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,535 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,931 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,969 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,854 |
| 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,928 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,556 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,314 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,049 |
| 1994 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,586 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,789 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,730 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,260 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,987 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,322 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,540 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,877 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,717 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,316 |
| 1981 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,715 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,820 |
| 1979 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,931 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,349 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,429 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,239 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,554 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,843 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,461 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,270 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,018 |
| 1963 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,650 |
| 1962 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,889 |
| 1961 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,631 |
| 1960 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,408 |
| 1959 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,557 |
| 1958 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,510 |
| 1957 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,162 |
| 1953 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,528 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,085 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,350 |
| 1950 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,679 |