girls:
211 births since 1915
#5505 (4th percentile)
boys:
55.7k births since 1881
#460 (90th percentile)
overall:
55.9k births since 1881
#1003 (87th percentile)
The name Graham is the #1,003 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 55,876 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 87.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #460 (90.0% percentile) for all time with 55,665 births since 1881. For girls, it ranks #5,505 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 211 births since 1915.
Graham first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1915 for girls). Birth data for Graham is available in 141 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (141 years for boys and 28 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Graham has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Graham reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 85.1% percentile (ranked #137) with 1,383 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,383 births per million (ranked 85.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Graham is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #137 (85.1% percentile) with 1,383 births per million.
For girls, Graham reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #936) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Graham is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #936 (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Graham".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Graham. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.6% confident that Graham is pronounced as GRAY-uhm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is gram, at 31.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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