Given name & surname
Gram
“from the gravelled area; from the gray home”
In English use, Gram has a related form in Graham. One English interpretation is “from the gravelled area; from the gray home.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Gram has a related form in Graham. One English interpretation is “from the gravelled area; from the gray home.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Gram has a related form in Graham. Graham has been associated with Scottish and Old English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gram through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 360
- 360 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 473 as a first name in 2020; 1,797 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.
Gram’s family of names
In English usage, Gram has a related form in Graham.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gram
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.