Grady
Grady is ranked 370th among boys in 2024 (882 births). Its best rank was 180th, in 1911.
- Rank in 2024
- #370up 25 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8820.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 20081,196 births
- Best rank
- #180in 1911
- Since 1887
- 51,619people given the name
The story in the numbers
51,619 boys have been named Grady in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 1,196 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 2010s alone account for 18%. It has spent 138 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Grady | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | |
| 1890s | 450 | |
| 1900s | 753 | |
| 1910s | 4,026 | |
| 1920s | 5,619 | |
| 1930s | 4,738 | |
| 1940s | 4,568 | |
| 1950s | 4,014 | |
| 1960s | 2,929 | |
| 1970s | 2,134 | |
| 1980s | 1,477 | |
| 1990s | 1,784 | |
| 2000s | 5,892 | |
| 2010s | 9,216 | |
| 2020s | 3,970 |
In 2008, its biggest year
Grady was the 286th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Grady
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lelandpeak 2007
- Ferrispeak 2024
- Conleypeak 2011
- Benedictpeak 2024
- Maconpeak 2015
- Jackpeak 1927
- Coypeak 1926
- Maxpeak 2009
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.