Griffin
Griffin is ranked 223rd among boys in 2024 (1,609 births). Its best rank was 214th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #223down 9 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,6090.09% of boys
- Peak year
- 20231,726 births
- Best rank
- #214in 2023
- Since 1881
- 49,411people given the name
The story in the numbers
49,411 boys have been named Griffin in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 1,726 births — 0.10% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 32%. It has spent 55 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Griffin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | |
| 1890s | 40 | |
| 1900s | 61 | |
| 1910s | 175 | |
| 1920s | 222 | |
| 1930s | 149 | |
| 1940s | 177 | |
| 1950s | 182 | |
| 1960s | 160 | |
| 1970s | 366 | |
| 1980s | 1,347 | |
| 1990s | 7,942 | |
| 2000s | 14,556 | |
| 2010s | 16,042 | |
| 2020s | 7,957 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Griffin was the 214th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Griffin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kylerpeak 2019
- Jonahpeak 2008
- Jahleelpeak 2010
- Harispeak 2002
- Hamzahpeak 2008
- Kylonpeak 2016
- Stocktonpeak 2020
- Eoinpeak 2020
Other spellings in the data
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.