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Graham

Pronounced /ɡɹæm/

Rank in 2024
#129
Born in 2024
2,789
Peak year
2024 · #129
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,789 boys were named Graham, about 1 in every 615.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 58,459 boys have been named Graham since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Graham per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.4
    Gen Z
  7. 1.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,650 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Silent: 1,816 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,903 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,342 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,768 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Z: 13,635 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 27,190 babies, 1.25 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

The surname derives from Gra(nt)ham, the name of a place in Lincolnshire, from Old English *grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ɡɹæm/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Graham, CC BY-SA 4.0.