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Graham

As a boy's name, Graham traces back to Old English, where it is understood to mean "Old English/Scottish place name". It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2010s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. Its single strongest year on record was 2015.

Old EnglishOld English/Scottish place name
Etymology"Gravelly homestead"
Births by decade
1900s
126
1910s
705
1920s
1,062
1930s
1,037
1940s
963
1950s
971
1960s
1,100
1970s
2,332
1980s
4,976
1990s
6,028
2000s
7,648
2010s
14,969
Peaked in the 2010s · 41,917 total U.S. births since 1900