Given name & surname
Grae
“a gray-haired man”
Grae is a variant of Gray. One English interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Grae is a variant of Gray. One English interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Grae is a variant of Gray. An origin associated with Gray is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Grae through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 327
- 170 boys · 157 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,852 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,852 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 332 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 84,408 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Grae
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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