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

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Peak · boys
1997 · 3,315 births
Debut · boys
52 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
136,462
since 1880

Grant over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Grant has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #115, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2281,555
2024#2411,458
2023#2281,541
2022#2201,672
2021#2131,790
2020#2131,771
2019#15,5395#1981,983
2018#1842,167
2017#1732,294
2016#1712,352
2015#1772,361
2014#11,9318#1552,646
2013#1692,419
2012#1632,470
2011#1512,541
2010#1552,537
2009#13,7047#1452,728
2008#1432,866
2007#1612,569
2006#12,4208#1552,688
2005#14,5026#1542,658
2004#9,26411#1412,814
2003#1372,917
2002#1273,078
2001#15,3525#1352,924
2000#1233,174
1999#1282,939
1998#14,1225#1273,014
1997#1153,315
1996#1193,205
1995#13,3865#1163,206
1994#1522,278
1993#1512,160
1992#9,4918#1671,913
1991#11,5096#1821,733
1990#12,9585#1831,694
1989#1801,680
1988#7,11110#1721,625
1987#8,7787#1751,565
1986#5,18814#1791,484
1985#6,45710#1661,652
1984#6,8109#1691,589
1983#6,7059#1671,550
1982#8,2247#2111,169
1981#9,1106#2221,101
1980#6,7899#2171,107
1979#7,3138#2261,010
1978#9,7505#249817
1977#8,4446#270725
1976#270717
1975#9,0675#269719
1974#300617
1973#7,4356#304575
1972#318577
1971#6,6197#299661
1970#7,9955#271782
1969#295658
1968#316573
1967#307577
1966#295626
1965#302619
1964#303669
1963#276780
1962#278772
1961#275813
1960#293718
1959#320590
1958#313587
1957#298639
1956#300613
1955#290610
1954#282620
1953#300551
1952#303550
1951#309504
1950#317469
1949#314465
1948#327419
1947#323451
1946#326388
1945#321343
1944#306390
1943#301417
1942#304403
1941#299373
1940#314317
1939#323290
1938#329285
1937#327275
1936#342251
1935#320288
1934#329271
1933#334253
1932#333271
1931#337261
1930#317304
1929#321296
1928#319309
1927#308347
1926#4,8515#310333
1925#297373
1924#296368
1923#287381
1922#276417
1921#274411
1920#282391
1919#264406
1918#254435
1917#252398
1916#273351
1915#252357
1914#275253
1913#290186
1912#271169
1911#33567
1910#24496
1909#29659
1908#23579
1907#23775
1906#24664
1905#24663
1904#24958
1903#23261
1902#25254
1901#25545
1900#21882
1899#27440
1898#24452
1897#19972
1896#21171
1895#19277
1894#21562
1893#22955
1892#21964
1891#21156
1890#20365
1889#26639
1888#26245
1887#22748
1886#19469
1885#20659
1884#26541
1883#28932
1882#26741
1881#27333
1880#22552
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
117 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1997 at #115 (3,315 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 569
  • Highest: 1 in 569 boys born in 1997 were named Grant (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,098 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.8% of all boys named Grant (28,416) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s459#194 (1886)#247
1890s614#192 (1895)#220
1900s640#218 (1900)#247
1910s2,718#244 (1910)#271
1920s3,626#274 (1921)#297
1930s2,749#317 (1930)#329
1940s3,966#299 (1941)#314
1950s5,733#282 (1954)#303
1960s6,805#275 (1961)#294
1970s7,200#226 (1979)#278
1980s14,522#166 (1985)#186
1990s25,457#115 (1997)#144
2000s28,416#123 (2000)#142
2010s23,770#151 (2011)#170
2020s9,787#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 1985

girls
#6,457
10 births · 1 in 172,083 girls
boys
#166
1,652 births · 1 in 1,119 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #6,457Grant10

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #166Grant1,652
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 172,083 of them was named Grant, which outranked 48.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grant
  1. #6,031Yuriana11
  2. #6,031Zaira11
  3. #6,031Zana11
  4. #6,457Grant10
  5. #6,457Aaliyah10
  6. #6,457Abbigale10
  7. #6,457Abelina10
  8. #6,955Aarica9
  9. #6,955Aarin9
  10. #6,955Aarti9

Tied with 497 names at #6,457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 1,119 of them was named Grant, which outranked 97.8% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grant
  1. #163Walter1,690
  2. #164Louis1,685
  3. #165Isaac1,673
  4. #166Grant1,652
  5. #167Jamie1,630
  6. #168Rodney1,621
  7. #169Oscar1,592
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1985