Greyson
Greyson is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Greyson
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Greyson is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Greyson
The earliest SSA record of Greyson as a baby boy name dates back to 1965, when 5 babies received it. 2017 was its biggest year on record, with 4,848 newborns named Greyson — #80 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Greyson on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Greyson ranks #143 for baby boys with 2,507 births, falling sharply (-34%). All told, over 63K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Greyson
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Greyson. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Greyson
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About the name Greyson
Greyson is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 63K births in the dataset. Greyson's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #77. Use the chart and map above to compare Greyson'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.