Given name & surname
Grady
“one who is famous; noble”
Grady is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is famous; noble.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is famous; noble.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Grady through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 53,215
- 52,474 boys · 741 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 1,203 babies
- 2025
- 860
- #373 for boys · #10,379 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 851 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 373 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,196 in 2008. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (64). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 27,688 as a first name in 2020; 25,079 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Grady’s family of names
Grady has a related form in Graden. Grady has a related form in Gradie. Grady has a related form in Gradan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 32
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Gradynvariant
- Gradievariant
- Graddylikely variant
- Gradinvariant
- Gradonvariant
- Gradenvariant
- Graedyvariant
- Graidyvariant
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- Gradeyvariant
- Gradyelikely variant
- Graddielikely variant
- Gradunvariant
- Gradanvariant
- Graedievariant
- Graedivariant
- Graedeavariant
- Graedeevariant
- Graedeyvariant
- Graydievariant
- Graydivariant
- Graydeavariant
- Graydeevariant
- Graydeyvariant
- Graydyvariant
- Graidievariant
- Graidivariant
- Graideavariant
- Graideevariant
- Graideyvariant
- Gradivariant
- Gradeavariant
- Gradeevariant
People named Grady
- Grady BoochAmerican software engineerborn 1955
- Grady DianganaEnglish association football playerborn 1998
- Grady TateAmerican jazz musician (1932–2017)
- Grady SizemoreAmerican professional baseball outfielderborn 1982
- Grady Suttonactor (1906–1995)
- Demond WilsonAmerican actor (1946-2026)
- Grady LewisAmerican basketball player (1917-2009)
- Grady MartinAmerican musician (1929–2001)
- Grady JarrettAmerican football playerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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