Greyson
Pronounced G R EY1 S AH1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2017
- 60 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Greyson?
Greyson is a boys' name, and first appears in 1965. It has been given to 58,630 children — the 435th 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 4,853 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Greysun and Graysun — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Greyson and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Greysun
- Graysun
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- G R EY1 S AH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Greyson
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Greyson
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Greyson?
- Greyson ranks 435th among boys' names in US records, with 58,630 births since 1965. Over the past decade it accounts for 40,460.
- Is Greyson a unisex name?
- No. Greyson is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Greyson most popular?
- 2017, when 4,853 children were given the name. It has been in use for 60 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Greyson spelled?
- Greysun, Graysun. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.