Grayling

Boy · recorded 1950–1994

  • 1994last recorded
  • 1959best year

Most popular in 1959.

Last recorded in 1994. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1950

0152919501961197219831994

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 28 recorded years as a table
Grayling, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19509
19514
19524
19536
195412
195518
195622
195727
195826
195929
196017
196110
196216
19636
19644
19654
19723
19764
19804
19813
19834
19844
19856
19864
19893
19923
19934
19943

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Grayling isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1994
5
Rank in 1994
#8,800
How rare
1 in 386,406 boys
Since 1950
529

Grayling was last recorded in 1994. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1959, at 29 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Grayling doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.