Gresham

#11,130 in 2025Boys' name

Grazing homestead

Gresham has been given to 165 babies in the U.S. since 1918. In 2025 it ranked #11,130 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Gresham, 2025

1 in 553,000

Gresham over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gresham: meaning, origin, and history

Grazing homestead

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gresham means

Gresham means “grazing homestead”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gresham is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹɛʃ.əm/ for Gresham.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 165 boys were recorded with the name Gresham between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2014; its best national rank was #4,152 in 1972.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,907 in 2015 to #11,130 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Gresham?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #11,130; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gresham sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gresham. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Greshams were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gresham was born before 2013 — so the typical Gresham is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 47.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 83.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 150; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 47.9% of all recorded uses (79).

Is Gresham rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,817; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,223; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.86×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 2014 (12)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,152; 1972

Spellings of Gresham

Gresham is not the most common spelling — Graham is, with 99.7% against Gresham's 0.27%.

Graham99.7%61,436
Gresham0.27%165

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gresham by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #11,130
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #4,152; 1972
Peak year: 2014; 12 that year
First recorded: 1918
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 165
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Gresham

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Gresham

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Sydnie Sydni Rhianna Alysa Adelle Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Caesar Hamilton

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