# Graham (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/graham/  
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 | “gravel”, “homestead” |
| Pronunciation | /ɡɹæm/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Graeme, Grahame, Gram |
| US babies named this | 61,671 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 61,436 / 235 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 625, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The surname derives from Gra(nt)ham, the name of a place in Lincolnshire, from Old English *grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 13,858 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,600 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,399 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,424 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,391 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,565 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,542 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,432 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,915 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,615 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,817 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,718 |
| 2023 | 16 | 7,046 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,141 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,034 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,356 | 256 |
| 2012 | 1,715 | 215 |
| 2013 | 1,883 | 203 |
| 2014 | 2,039 | 199 |
| 2015 | 2,378 | 176 |
| 2016 | 2,247 | 179 |
| 2017 | 2,111 | 185 |
| 2018 | 2,174 | 182 |
| 2019 | 2,156 | 180 |
| 2020 | 2,095 | 186 |
| 2021 | 2,381 | 161 |
| 2022 | 2,401 | 155 |
| 2023 | 2,537 | 141 |
| 2024 | 2,798 | 129 |
| 2025 | 2,967 | 120 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 格雷厄姆
- Esperanto: Grahamo
- Greek: Γκράχαμ
- Polish: Graham

## People named Graham

- Alexander Graham Bell, Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
- Graham Greene, British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904–1991)
- Graham Chapman, English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)
- Graham Arnold, Australian association football player and coach
- Graham Greene, Canadian actor (1952–2025)
- Graham Potter, English association football player and manager
- Graham Sutherland, English artist (1903–1980)
- Graham Swift, English writer (born 1949)
- Graham Zusi, American soccer player
- Graham Nash, British singer
- Graham Hancock, British author who promotes pseudoscientific theories
- Graham Poll, English football referee

## 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.