Greysen
Masculine · “son of the steward”
Greysen is given to both — 2,833 boys and 254 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Greysen respells Grayson, and the English surname means son of the steward — a grieve, who ran a farm or a shire for its owner.
How old is the name Greysen?
Greysen first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Greysen is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,800 people named Greysen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Greysen most popular?
Greysen peaked in 2017, reaching #955 nationally. Today it ranks #1959, 1,004 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From gerefa to Greysen
The story of Greysen
The grieve ran an estate for an absent lord, and the office gave surnames across northern England and Scotland. Grayson entered American given-name use in the 1980s and rose extraordinarily from the 2000s. The respellings followed at once, and Greysen appears in the registers in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
son of the steward
The likeliest reading takes Grayson from 'son of the grieve', a steward or bailiff, from the Old English gerefa — the same word as reeve and behind sheriff, shire-reeve. A second route reads it as son of Gray. Both are documented and neither is settled.
How the name formed
- gerefa
- grieve
- Grayson
- Greysen
Related forms: Grayson · Greyson · Graysen
Pronouncing Greysen
GRAY-sun
Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Greysen
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
- 1993
- Most boys named
- 2017218 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #955reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −8.2%78 in 2025, from 85
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.
Greysen in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Grayson in English — spelling variant
- Greyson in English — spelling variant
- Graysen in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Greysens among us
people named Greysen are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 21,898 born in 2025 was named Greysen
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 Tina test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Greysen's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tina climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tina's path sketches the road Greysen is walking now.
Greysen 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 Greysen is headed
Greysen is easing off slowly — about 32% 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.
Greysen beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Greysen in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the same word gives grieve, reeve and sheriff is a genuinely good etymology.
- Grey is available as a short form with a real record.
- Two firm syllables that carry well against any surname.
- At least four spellings of the sound are in common use.
- Grayson is the standard spelling and will be assumed.
- It will be respelled by other people constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Greysens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Greysen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Greysen in 2025?
- Greysen ranks #1959 among US boy names in 2025, with 78 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Greysen?
- About 1 in every 21,898 US boys born in 2025 was named Greysen — 78 in all.
- Will my child share the name Greysen with classmates?
- Greysen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Greysen
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