Grayson
Pronounced G R EY1 S AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2017
- 120 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Grayson?
Grayson is a boys' name, and first appears in 1905. It has been given to 135,328 children — the 261st most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2017, when 9,242 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Graysen and Greysen — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Grayson and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Graysen
- Greysen
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- G R EY1 S AH0 N · G R EY1 S EH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Grayson
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Grayson
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Grayson?
- Grayson ranks 261st among boys' names in US records, with 135,328 births since 1905. Over the past decade it accounts for 81,487.
- Is Grayson a unisex name?
- No. Grayson is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Grayson most popular?
- 2017, when 9,242 children were given the name. It has been in use for 120 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Grayson spelled?
- Graysen, Greysen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.