Grafton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement with a grove or thicket.
Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Grafton by the numbers
Grafton was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 1916, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Grafton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Grayton12 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Graydonfrom the gray hill; a form of Grayden62 in the US (2017)
- Graesonson of the grey-haired man; son of Graes45 in the US (2017)
- Gastonfrom gast, meaning guest or stranger24 in the US (2017)
- Griffonvariant of Griffin, meaning strong lord5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Grafton, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Keithforest; from gaelic cèith582 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Grafton
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