boy's name

Grayer

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 189

Grayer is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2008, when 21 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2007.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Grayer over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'00 '10 '20
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Births named Grayer by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 40
2010s 106
2020s (to 2025) 20

How popular is Grayer?

In 2025, Grayer was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Grayer is used

Canada #2,587 6 in 2010
United States #13,345 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Grayer

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Grayer also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Grayer over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Grayer

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Grayer — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Grayer

How popular is the name Grayer?

In 2025, Grayer was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Grayer a girl's or a boy's name?

Grayer is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Grayer?

Grayer has 2 syllables.

When was Grayer most popular?

Grayer peaked in 2008, when 21 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Grayer a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Grayer currently ranks #13,345 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.