Given name
Graylan
“a gray-haired man”
Graylan is a variant of Gray. One English interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Graylan is a variant of Gray. One English interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Graylan 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 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Graylan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 88
- 88 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,037 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,037 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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