Grayson

What Grayson means

Means “steward”

From Middle English greyve (“steward”) +‎ -son.

Source: Wiktionary, “Grayson” (revision 92692765), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Grayson?

US: Steady: #47 in 2015, #51 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #172 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 8,606 boys got the name (#32 that year). First in the US records in 1905.

How common

• About 1 in 294 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 545 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 281 baby boys in Scotland 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 VT (14.85 per 1,000 boys), WY (9.17 per 1,000 boys), KY (7.64 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Grayson is #51 in the US and #104 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.1% of US babies named Grayson were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Greyson2,439 US · 71 E&W
• Graysen132 US
• Greysen78 US
• Graycen26 US
• Graeson10 US · 4 E&W
• Graysyn12 US
• Graison10 US
• Greysyn8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Grayson

Boys

• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025

For a sister

• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Kensley#741Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 8 babies
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Grayson’s. Rank is US 2025.