Graham
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Graham
Well used in England and Scotland since the fifties, the smooth and sophisticated Graham is catching on here.
Among the best known bearers are novelist Graham Greene, racing driver Graham Hill and painter Graham Sutherland, as well as musicians Graham Nash and Parker--and Gram Parsons.
Though long associated with the Scots, Graham actually developed as a surname in England, dating back to the eleventh century. In the UK, it is sometimes spelled Graeme.
Graham is also given to girls, where it ranks #8034 in the US.
Pronounced GRAY-um.
As of October 2026, Graham ranked #120 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #73.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #199 | 2,039 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #176 | 2,378 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #179 | 2,247 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #185 | 2,111 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #182 | 2,174 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #180 | 2,156 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #186 | 2,095 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #161 | 2,381 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #155 | 2,400 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #141 | 2,537 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #129 | 2,789 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #120 | 2,967 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Graham for boys
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Graham on lists
Famous Grahams
- Graham AbbeyBoy
Canadian actor
- Graham E. BellBoy
American astronomer
- Graham ChapmanBoy
English comedian (Monty Python)
- Graham GanoBoy
American football player
- (Henry) Graham GreeneBoy
English novelist
- Graham HancockBoy
British writer and reporter
- Graham HarrellBoy
American football player
- Graham HillBoy
British racing driver
- Graham IngelsBoy
American comic book/magazine illustrator
- Graham ParkerBoy
English singer,songwriter
- Graham Patrick MartinBoy
American actor
- Graham NashBoy
English musician of The Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Graham NortonBoy
Irish comedian and TV presenter
- Graham RahalBoy
American race car driver
- Graham SwiftBoy
British author
- Graham ElliotBoy
American celebrity chef on TV's "MasterChef"
- Alexander Graham BellBoy
Scottish inventor of the telephone
- Graham ZusiBoy
American soccer player
- Graham WaterstonBoy
son of actor Sam Waterston
- Graham ScottBoy
son of actor Adam Scott
- Graham Liston Witherill (b. 2009)Boy
son of racing driver Cory Witherill
- Graham WellesleyBoy
Earl of Cowley
- Lindsey GrahamBoy
American politician, senator from South Carolina
Graham in pop culture
- GrahamBoy
character from the video game "King's Quest V"
- Graham DaltonBoy
character in"Sex, Lies, and Videotape,"
- Graham SandovalBoy
character in Lifetime's "The Client List"
- Graham HawtreyBoy
character in film "The Internship"
- GrahamBoy
character on TV's "The 100"
- Dr. John Graham BrettonBoy
character in "Villette" by Charlotte Bronte
- Graham EatonBoy
female character from the movie "But I'm a Cheerleader," played by Clea DuVall
- Will GrahamBoy
character in the TV series "Hannibal"
- Ashley GrahamBoy
character from the video game "Resident Evil 4"
- Graham crackersBoy
a type of cracker confectionery, an ingredient in s'mores
- Graham Dunne Boy
Character in "Daisy Jones & The Six"
- Joshua GrahamBoy
Character in the video game Fallout, New Vegas