Grayden
Masculine
Grayden joins a Gray- front to the -den ending, and it belongs to the American naming workshop of recent decades.
How old is the name Grayden?
Grayden first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Grayden alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 2,100 people named Grayden are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Grayden most popular?
Grayden peaked in 2008, reaching #1205 nationally. Today it ranks #2676, 1,471 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Grayden
Our story of Grayden is a story of two pieces. Grayson rose fast in American naming from the 1990s — a real English surname meaning son of the steward — and the -den and -dan endings were attached to everything. Grayden, Brayden, Hayden and Kaden come out of the same kit. Grayden appears in the registers in the 2000s, and its ancestry is other American names.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented etymology. It is a modern American coinage on the Gray- front — from Grayson and the color — and the -den ending. An Irish surname Grady is separate. Honest sources record it as a coinage.
Pronouncing Grayden
GRAY-den
Two syllables, stress on the first. Grayden and Graydon are said nearly identically.
Nicknames for Grayden
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1918
- Most boys named
- 2008146 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1205reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- −2.0%48 in 2025, from 49
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Grayden in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Graydon in English — spelling variant
- Grayson in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio, California, Michigan.
Graydens among us
people named Grayden are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was named Grayden
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Paolo test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Grayden's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Paolo climbed just as high around 1983, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Paolo's path sketches the road Grayden is walking now.
Grayden sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Grayden is headed
Grayden is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Grayden beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Grayden in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Gray is available as a short form with real currency.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It belongs to a documented American naming family.
- There is no documented meaning.
- Graydon and Grayson are both close in sound.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Graydens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Grayden are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Grayden in 2025?
- Grayden ranks #2676 among US boy names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Grayden?
- About 1 in every 35,585 US boys born in 2025 was named Grayden — 48 in all.
- Will my child share the name Grayden with classmates?
- Grayden will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Grayden
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