Grant
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · #228 for boys in 2025, 1,555 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 3,315 births
- Debut · boys
- 52 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 136,462since 1880
Grant over time
Rank among boys' names. Grant has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #228 | 1,555 | |
| 2024 | — | #241 | 1,458 | |
| 2023 | — | #228 | 1,541 | |
| 2022 | — | #220 | 1,672 | |
| 2021 | — | #213 | 1,790 | |
| 2020 | — | #213 | 1,771 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #198 | 1,983 |
| 2018 | — | #184 | 2,167 | |
| 2017 | — | #173 | 2,294 | |
| 2016 | — | #171 | 2,352 | |
| 2015 | — | #177 | 2,361 | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #155 | 2,646 |
| 2013 | — | #169 | 2,419 | |
| 2012 | — | #163 | 2,470 | |
| 2011 | — | #151 | 2,541 | |
| 2010 | — | #155 | 2,537 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #145 | 2,728 |
| 2008 | — | #143 | 2,866 | |
| 2007 | — | #161 | 2,569 | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #155 | 2,688 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #154 | 2,658 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #141 | 2,814 |
| 2003 | — | #137 | 2,917 | |
| 2002 | — | #127 | 3,078 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #135 | 2,924 |
| 2000 | — | #123 | 3,174 | |
| 1999 | — | #128 | 2,939 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #127 | 3,014 |
| 1997 | — | #115 | 3,315 | |
| 1996 | — | #119 | 3,205 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #116 | 3,206 |
| 1994 | — | #152 | 2,278 | |
| 1993 | — | #151 | 2,160 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #167 | 1,913 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #182 | 1,733 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #183 | 1,694 |
| 1989 | — | #180 | 1,680 | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #172 | 1,625 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #175 | 1,565 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #179 | 1,484 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #166 | 1,652 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #169 | 1,589 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #167 | 1,550 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #211 | 1,169 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #222 | 1,101 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #217 | 1,107 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #226 | 1,010 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #249 | 817 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #270 | 725 |
| 1976 | — | #270 | 717 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #269 | 719 |
| 1974 | — | #300 | 617 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #304 | 575 |
| 1972 | — | #318 | 577 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #299 | 661 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #271 | 782 |
| 1969 | — | #295 | 658 | |
| 1968 | — | #316 | 573 | |
| 1967 | — | #307 | 577 | |
| 1966 | — | #295 | 626 | |
| 1965 | — | #302 | 619 | |
| 1964 | — | #303 | 669 | |
| 1963 | — | #276 | 780 | |
| 1962 | — | #278 | 772 | |
| 1961 | — | #275 | 813 | |
| 1960 | — | #293 | 718 | |
| 1959 | — | #320 | 590 | |
| 1958 | — | #313 | 587 | |
| 1957 | — | #298 | 639 | |
| 1956 | — | #300 | 613 | |
| 1955 | — | #290 | 610 | |
| 1954 | — | #282 | 620 | |
| 1953 | — | #300 | 551 | |
| 1952 | — | #303 | 550 | |
| 1951 | — | #309 | 504 | |
| 1950 | — | #317 | 469 | |
| 1949 | — | #314 | 465 | |
| 1948 | — | #327 | 419 | |
| 1947 | — | #323 | 451 | |
| 1946 | — | #326 | 388 | |
| 1945 | — | #321 | 343 | |
| 1944 | — | #306 | 390 | |
| 1943 | — | #301 | 417 | |
| 1942 | — | #304 | 403 | |
| 1941 | — | #299 | 373 | |
| 1940 | — | #314 | 317 | |
| 1939 | — | #323 | 290 | |
| 1938 | — | #329 | 285 | |
| 1937 | — | #327 | 275 | |
| 1936 | — | #342 | 251 | |
| 1935 | — | #320 | 288 | |
| 1934 | — | #329 | 271 | |
| 1933 | — | #334 | 253 | |
| 1932 | — | #333 | 271 | |
| 1931 | — | #337 | 261 | |
| 1930 | — | #317 | 304 | |
| 1929 | — | #321 | 296 | |
| 1928 | — | #319 | 309 | |
| 1927 | — | #308 | 347 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #310 | 333 |
| 1925 | — | #297 | 373 | |
| 1924 | — | #296 | 368 | |
| 1923 | — | #287 | 381 | |
| 1922 | — | #276 | 417 | |
| 1921 | — | #274 | 411 | |
| 1920 | — | #282 | 391 | |
| 1919 | — | #264 | 406 | |
| 1918 | — | #254 | 435 | |
| 1917 | — | #252 | 398 | |
| 1916 | — | #273 | 351 | |
| 1915 | — | #252 | 357 | |
| 1914 | — | #275 | 253 | |
| 1913 | — | #290 | 186 | |
| 1912 | — | #271 | 169 | |
| 1911 | — | #335 | 67 | |
| 1910 | — | #244 | 96 | |
| 1909 | — | #296 | 59 | |
| 1908 | — | #235 | 79 | |
| 1907 | — | #237 | 75 | |
| 1906 | — | #246 | 64 | |
| 1905 | — | #246 | 63 | |
| 1904 | — | #249 | 58 | |
| 1903 | — | #232 | 61 | |
| 1902 | — | #252 | 54 | |
| 1901 | — | #255 | 45 | |
| 1900 | — | #218 | 82 | |
| 1899 | — | #274 | 40 | |
| 1898 | — | #244 | 52 | |
| 1897 | — | #199 | 72 | |
| 1896 | — | #211 | 71 | |
| 1895 | — | #192 | 77 | |
| 1894 | — | #215 | 62 | |
| 1893 | — | #229 | 55 | |
| 1892 | — | #219 | 64 | |
| 1891 | — | #211 | 56 | |
| 1890 | — | #203 | 65 | |
| 1889 | — | #266 | 39 | |
| 1888 | — | #262 | 45 | |
| 1887 | — | #227 | 48 | |
| 1886 | — | #194 | 69 | |
| 1885 | — | #206 | 59 | |
| 1884 | — | #265 | 41 | |
| 1883 | — | #289 | 32 | |
| 1882 | — | #267 | 41 | |
| 1881 | — | #273 | 33 | |
| 1880 | — | #225 | 52 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Grant was already there! It came in at #225, and was given to 52 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 42 boys a year got the name.
See more about Grant
- 13 spots since 2024 (#241 → #228)
- 15 spots since 2020 (#213 → #228)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#177 → #228)
- Biggest jump: 64 spots in 1912 (#335 → #271)
- Biggest drop: 91 spots in 1911 (#244 → #335)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1997 at #115 (3,315 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 569 boys born in 1997 were named Grant (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,098 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 20.8% of all boys named Grant (28,416) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 459 | #194 (1886) | #247 |
| 1890s | 614 | #192 (1895) | #220 |
| 1900s | 640 | #218 (1900) | #247 |
| 1910s | 2,718 | #244 (1910) | #271 |
| 1920s | 3,626 | #274 (1921) | #297 |
| 1930s | 2,749 | #317 (1930) | #329 |
| 1940s | 3,966 | #299 (1941) | #314 |
| 1950s | 5,733 | #282 (1954) | #303 |
| 1960s | 6,805 | #275 (1961) | #294 |
| 1970s | 7,200 | #226 (1979) | #278 |
| 1980s | 14,522 | #166 (1985) | #186 |
| 1990s | 25,457 | #115 (1997) | #144 |
| 2000s | 28,416 | #123 (2000) | #142 |
| 2010s | 23,770 | #151 (2011) | #170 |
| 2020s | 9,787 | #213 (2021) | #224 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Grant in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 255,524 of them was named Grant, which outranked 25.5% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,567Zita7
- #7,567Zola7
- #7,567Zondra7
- #8,444Grant6
- #8,444Abagail6
- #8,444Abeer6
- #8,444Abigayle6
- #9,652Abelina5
- #9,652Adalia5
- #9,652Adamma5
Tied with 1,207 names at #8,444; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 2,267 of them was named Grant, which outranked 96.1% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.