Given name
Graylin
“a gray-haired man”
Graylin is a variant of Gray. One English interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Graylin is a variant of Gray. One English interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Graylin 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 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Graylin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 630
- 529 boys · 101 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,713 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,713 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 484 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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