Gradon
Gradon is an English locational surname, of a location now lost. It can also be spelt Graddon, Gratton, Gredan, Gredden, Gredon, Greydon, Greeding, Gridon and Grodden.
Meaning & Origin of Gradon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gradon is an English locational surname, of a location now lost. It can also be spelt Graddon, Gratton, Gredan, Gredden, Gredon, Greydon, Greeding, Gridon and Grodden.
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The Story of Gradon
The earliest SSA record of Gradon as a baby boy name dates back to 1992, when 5 babies received it. 2008 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Gradon — #7,187 in the national rankings. About 48% of every Gradon on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Gradon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 50 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Gradon
Gradon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 50 births in the dataset. Gradon's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #7,187. Use the chart and map above to compare Gradon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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