Graysen
Graysen is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Graysen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Graysen is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Graysen
As a girl name
American parents first put Graysen on the record books as a girl name in 1995, with 12 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 45 Graysens were born — ranking #3,523 that year. About 40% of every Graysen on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Graysen ranks #6,135 for girls with 19 births, falling sharply (-25%). All told, over 822 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Graysen on the record books as a boy name in 1989, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 354 Graysens were born — ranking #698 that year. About 57% of every Graysen on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Graysen ranks #1,352 for boys with 141 births, falling sharply (-39%). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Graysen
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Graysen. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Graysen
Graysen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Graysen's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #698. Use the chart and map above to compare Graysen'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.