# Graeme (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/graeme/  
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 | /ɡɹæm/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,876 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,876 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 103, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 137 | 1,258 |
| 2012 | 201 | 992 |
| 2013 | 196 | 1,002 |
| 2014 | 184 | 1,065 |
| 2015 | 138 | 1,291 |
| 2016 | 118 | 1,458 |
| 2017 | 83 | 1,813 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2,194 |
| 2019 | 63 | 2,223 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,149 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,935 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,178 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,509 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,727 |
| 2025 | 27 | 3,980 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 20 | 755 |
| 1997 | 17 | 874 |
| 1998 | 9 | 1,367 |
| 1999 | 10 | 1,281 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1,595 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Graeme

- Graeme Le Saux, English footballer (born 1968)
- Graeme Brown, Australian cyclist
- Graeme Rutjes, Dutch footballer
- Graeme Edge, British musician (1941–2021)
- Graeme Gibson, Canadian novelist (1934–2019)
- Graeme Smith, British swimmer
- Graeme Gilmore, Australian cyclist
- Graeme Lowdon, British businessman
- Graeme Fish, Canadian speed skater (born 1997)
- Graeme Allwright, French singer-songwriter of New Zealand origin
- Graeme Murty, association football player and manager (born 1974)
- Graeme Reid, Australian field hockey player

## 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.