# Greyson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/greyson/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 61,043 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 60,231 / 812 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,236, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Grayson.

## 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 | 17 | 7,227 |
| 2012 | 41 | 3,808 |
| 2013 | 46 | 3,422 |
| 2014 | 56 | 3,017 |
| 2015 | 46 | 3,447 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,948 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,799 |
| 2018 | 46 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,581 |
| 2020 | 46 | 3,355 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,548 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,788 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,914 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,731 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,403 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,794 | 200 |
| 2012 | 2,237 | 174 |
| 2013 | 2,649 | 149 |
| 2014 | 3,050 | 133 |
| 2015 | 3,607 | 111 |
| 2016 | 4,326 | 95 |
| 2017 | 4,849 | 80 |
| 2018 | 4,754 | 77 |
| 2019 | 4,567 | 79 |
| 2020 | 4,375 | 81 |
| 2021 | 4,225 | 84 |
| 2022 | 3,773 | 95 |
| 2023 | 3,076 | 118 |
| 2024 | 2,874 | 127 |
| 2025 | 2,439 | 149 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 33 | 882 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,012 |
| 2015 | 47 | 702 |
| 2016 | 54 | 647 |
| 2017 | 106 | 414 |
| 2018 | 125 | 360 |
| 2019 | 128 | 347 |
| 2020 | 135 | 335 |
| 2021 | 131 | 341 |
| 2022 | 138 | 320 |
| 2023 | 106 | 381 |
| 2024 | 94 | 427 |
| 2025 | 71 | 549 |

## People named Greyson

- Greyson Chance, American singer, songwriter, and musician

## 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.