Spellings

Grayson or Greyson?

In the US in 2025, 68% of babies in this name family were spelled Grayson and 29% Greyson. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Grayson68% of the family5,805 born in 2025#51 among boys−27% since 2015Greyson29% of the family2,439 born in 2025#149 among boys−32% since 2015Graysen2% of the family132 born in 2025#1,388 among boys−51% since 2015Greysen1% of the family78 born in 2025#1,959 among boys−56% since 2015Graycen<1% of the family38 born in 2025#4,050 among boyssteady since 2015

Ten years ago

Grayson already led in 2015, with 66% of the family's births; it has 68% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 12,006 to 8,480 births (−29%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Grayson7,9265,805−27%
Greyson3,6072,439−32%
Graysen270132−51%
Greysen17878−56%
Graycen2526steady

How they sound

All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈɡreɪsən/ (GRAY-sun). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.

In France

In France in 2025: Grayson 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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