Graham is a Scottish surname taken from the English town of Grantham, whose name means "gravelly homestead", from the Old English grand, gravel, and ham, home. Inventor Alexander Graham Bell and evangelist Billy Graham are among its famous American bearers, and the graham cracker is named after a 19th-century preacher. Graham ranked number 405 in 2000 and number 176 in 2015, and has climbed to number 120 in 2025, its best rank this century.