Grady
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note 851 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
Boy’s name · /ˈɡɹeɪdi/
What Grady means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Grady yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note 851 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Grady?
▼ 1 vs 2024
US: Steady: #353 in 2015, #373 now.
Biggest US share so far: 1911, when 173 boys got the name (#179 that year). First in the US records in 1887.
How common
- About 1 in 2,007 baby boys in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in WV (2.44 per 1,000 boys), ME (2.08 per 1,000 boys), MT (1.59 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Grady is #373 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #373 | 851 | 1 in 2,007 | #353 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 99.0% of US babies named Grady were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 9 | 851 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 741 | 52,474 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 3 | 156 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
How to say it
IPA from Wiktionary.
If you like Grady
Boys
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For a sister
- Lila#186“lilac”*
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- Layla#36Editor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US
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- Eva#134Editor’s note Down from #76 in 2015 to #134 in 2025 in the US
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Grady’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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