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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Graeme

Graeme was the 3980th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 992nd with 201 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,689 places. More babies were named Graeme in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,980 boys, down 1,831 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
27boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2012201 babies
Total since 1880
2,876babies recorded

Graeme popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#3,98027
2020#2,14965
2010#1,559102
2000#2,18446
1990#1,91440
1980#2,47320
1970#2,78412
1960#3,8086
1950#3,4646
1940——
1930——
1920——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Graeme, counting every spelling?

Graeme has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Graeme?

27 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Graeme (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Graeme born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 310 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Graeme.

Chance of another Graeme in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Graeme?

About 2,800 people born in the US named Graeme are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 12 and 29. That makes Graeme mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Graeme by state

How common Graeme was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Graeme, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Graeme: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Graeme, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Graeme

How popular is the name Graeme?

Graeme was the 3980th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 992nd with 201 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,689 places. More babies were named Graeme in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Graeme a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Graeme in the US.

Where is Graeme most popular?

In 2021–2025, Graeme was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys).