Grafton
Grafton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 923rd, in 1895.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191625 births
- Best rank
- #923in 1895
- Since 1886
- 1,071people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,071 boys have been named Grafton in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 25 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Grafton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 130 | |
| 1920s | 145 | |
| 1930s | 99 | |
| 1940s | 126 | |
| 1950s | 114 | |
| 1960s | 41 | |
| 1970s | 23 | |
| 1980s | 42 | |
| 1990s | 50 | |
| 2000s | 106 | |
| 2010s | 128 | |
| 2020s | 45 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Grafton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1916 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Grafton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gainespeak 1915
- Arnopeak 1915
- Halepeak 1917
- Arnettpeak 1951
- Everettepeak 1919
- Colvinpeak 2007
- Norwoodpeak 1921
- Eldenpeak 1922
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.