# Grady (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/grady/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɹeɪdi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 53,215 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 52,474 / 741 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 159, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Irish surname, from Ó Grádaigh (see O'Grady) or Mag Bhrádaigh (see McGrady).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | 14,361 |
| 2009 | 15 | 8,192 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,705 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,714 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,999 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,565 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,077 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,301 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,781 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,800 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,471 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,214 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,649 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,629 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,379 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,089 | 304 |
| 2012 | 943 | 334 |
| 2013 | 917 | 349 |
| 2014 | 956 | 347 |
| 2015 | 958 | 353 |
| 2016 | 938 | 357 |
| 2017 | 886 | 375 |
| 2018 | 766 | 414 |
| 2019 | 748 | 414 |
| 2020 | 768 | 399 |
| 2021 | 727 | 426 |
| 2022 | 791 | 405 |
| 2023 | 806 | 395 |
| 2024 | 884 | 372 |
| 2025 | 851 | 373 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 11 | 1,643 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Grady

- Grady Booch, American software engineer
- Grady Diangana, English association football player
- Grady Tate, American jazz musician (1932–2017)
- Grady Sutton, actor (1906–1995)
- Grady Sizemore, American professional baseball outfielder
- Grady Lewis, American basketball player (1917-2009)
- Grady Webster, American botanist (1927-2005)
- Grady Jarrett, American football player
- Grady Martin, American musician (1929–2001)
- Grady Hendrix, American writer
- Glynn Saulters, American basketball player
- Demond Wilson, American actor (1946-2026)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.