Grant
Grant is ranked 241st among boys in 2024 (1,453 births). Its best rank was 115th, in 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- #241down 13 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,4530.08% of boys
- Peak year
- 19973,315 births
- Best rank
- #115in 1997
- Since 1880
- 134,896people given the name
The story in the numbers
134,896 boys have been named Grant in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 3,315 births — 0.18% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 155 → 241).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 2000s alone account for 21%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Grant | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 459 | |
| 1890s | 614 | |
| 1900s | 640 | |
| 1910s | 2,718 | |
| 1920s | 3,626 | |
| 1930s | 2,749 | |
| 1940s | 3,966 | |
| 1950s | 5,733 | |
| 1960s | 6,805 | |
| 1970s | 7,201 | |
| 1980s | 14,521 | |
| 1990s | 25,457 | |
| 2000s | 28,414 | |
| 2010s | 23,767 | |
| 2020s | 8,226 |
In 1997, its biggest year
Grant was the 115th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1997 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Grant
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nathanielpeak 2002
- Pablopeak 2006
- Davispeak 2007
- Saulpeak 2006
- Prestonpeak 2007
- Alexanderpeak 1993
- Issacpeak 2008
- Ivanpeak 2004
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.