girls:
26 births since 2018
#5690 (0th percentile)
boys:
215 births since 1956
#4371 (5th percentile)
overall:
241 births since 1956
#7498 (3rd percentile)
The name Graylen is the #7,498 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 241 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,371 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 215 births since 1956. For girls, it ranks #5,690 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 2018.
Graylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for boys and 2018 for girls). Birth data for Graylen is available in 18 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (18 years for boys and 4 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 Graylen has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Graylen were boys.
For boys, Graylen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #882) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Graylen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #882 (3.2% percentile) with 19 births per million.
For girls, Graylen reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #933) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Graylen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Graylen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Graylen is pronounced as GRAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GRAY-lihn, at 9.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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