Given name
Graylyn
“a gray-haired man”
Graylyn is a variant of Gray. One English interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Graylyn is a variant of Gray. One English interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Graylyn 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 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Graylyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 139
- 5 boys · 134 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,539 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,539 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 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 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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