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Grayson
Say it: GRAY-sun
Meaning
From an English surname meaning 'son of the steward', from Middle English greyve 'steward'. It is not from 'grey'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose steeply in the US in the 2000s and 2010s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 99,390 babies given this name since 1905
- At its height in 2018, about 1 in 211 boys
- 7,520 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Greyson
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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