From the English place name Grantham, taken to Scotland as a clan surname — gravelly homestead. Alexander Graham Bell carried it as a middle name he chose himself at eleven.
Graham ranks 120th among American boys in 2025, with 2,980 born that year. Its best year was 2025, when 2,980 babies were given the name, ranking 120th. The typical living American called Graham is about 13 years old today. It is relatively most common in District of Columbia, where it accounts for 0.35% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.