Graylin
Masculine
Graylin is given to both — 529 boys and 101 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Graylin says Grayling the way everyday English often says -ing, with the final g left off, and on paper it joins Gray to the -lin ending shared by Jaylin and Kaylin. The same spelling is given to boys and girls, with boys the larger group.
How old is the name Graylin?
Graylin first appears in US birth records in 1949 — 76 years ago. The typical Graylin alive today was born around 1966, making them about 59 years old. About 500 people named Graylin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Graylin most popular?
Graylin peaked in 1958, reaching #1483 nationally. See the whole 1958 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Graylin
Graylin sits exactly where two sounds meet. Said aloud, it is Grayling with the g gone, the way English says fishin' and runnin' — and a grayling is a silver-gray fish of cold rivers, with a tall fin like a sail. Written down, it is Gray with the -lin ending that Jaylin, Kaylin and Braylin carry. Our story of Graylin is a name that belongs to both sides of that line: a river word for the ear, a modern build for the eye, and in the middle a color that has never belonged to either sex.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented meaning of its own. It resembles Grayling, the English name of a river fish, and Gray, an English color word and surname; nothing on record says which a family had in mind.
Pronouncing Graylin
GRAY-lin
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Graylin
Limited
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
- 1949
- Most boys named
- 195728 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1483reached in 1958
- Change vs 2023
- −50.0%6 in 2024, from 12
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.
Graylins among us
people named Graylin are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Graylin sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Spelled as it sounds, with the familiar Gray at the front.
- Recorded for both boys and girls, so it does not mark either.
- Gray comes ready as a short form.
- Most children with this spelling are boys; a girl called Graylin will meet it more often on boys than on girls.
- Expect Grayling, Graylen and Graylyn from others, and some spelling aloud.
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Frequently asked
- How many Graylins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Graylin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Graylin in 2025?
- Graylin is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Graylin with classmates?
- Graylin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with G, all years combined.
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