Meaning and history
From an Irish surname derived from the byname Gráda, meaning “noble” or “illustrious.”
20062006: 558 births, rank #474
2007: 945 births, rank #341
2008: 1,196 births, rank #286
2009: 1,140 births, rank #289
2010: 1,015 births, rank #314
20112011: 1,089 births, rank #304
2012: 943 births, rank #334
2013: 917 births, rank #348
2014: 956 births, rank #347
2015: 958 births, rank #353
20162016: 938 births, rank #357
2017: 886 births, rank #375
2018: 766 births, rank #414
2019: 748 births, rank #414
2020: 768 births, rank #399
20212021: 727 births, rank #424
2022: 791 births, rank #405
2023: 806 births, rank #395
2024: 884 births, rank #372
20252025: 851 births, rank #373
Grady moved from #372 to #373 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2008, with 1,196 births.