Granville
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 27 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,501since 1880
Granville over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Granville has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #2,166 | 24 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #1,376 | 37 |
| 1972 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #1,637 | 29 |
| 1970 | #1,847 | 23 |
| 1969 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1967 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1966 | #1,450 | 28 |
| 1965 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | #1,384 | 32 |
| 1963 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #1,233 | 41 |
| 1960 | #1,178 | 44 |
| 1959 | #1,265 | 38 |
| 1958 | #1,091 | 49 |
| 1957 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1956 | #1,019 | 54 |
| 1955 | #1,240 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,029 | 53 |
| 1953 | #1,058 | 47 |
| 1952 | #981 | 53 |
| 1951 | #919 | 58 |
| 1950 | #904 | 57 |
| 1949 | #958 | 52 |
| 1948 | #902 | 58 |
| 1947 | #805 | 73 |
| 1946 | #726 | 81 |
| 1945 | #864 | 52 |
| 1944 | #720 | 74 |
| 1943 | #764 | 73 |
| 1942 | #791 | 66 |
| 1941 | #751 | 68 |
| 1940 | #702 | 74 |
| 1939 | #707 | 71 |
| 1938 | #757 | 65 |
| 1937 | #713 | 71 |
| 1936 | #719 | 69 |
| 1935 | #731 | 70 |
| 1934 | #642 | 87 |
| 1933 | #657 | 79 |
| 1932 | #632 | 89 |
| 1931 | #633 | 87 |
| 1930 | #629 | 95 |
| 1929 | #639 | 92 |
| 1928 | #621 | 97 |
| 1927 | #638 | 98 |
| 1926 | #608 | 106 |
| 1925 | #549 | 125 |
| 1924 | #529 | 142 |
| 1923 | #507 | 146 |
| 1922 | #568 | 125 |
| 1921 | #583 | 118 |
| 1920 | #516 | 140 |
| 1919 | #539 | 123 |
| 1918 | #490 | 148 |
| 1917 | #525 | 121 |
| 1916 | #533 | 116 |
| 1915 | #583 | 95 |
| 1914 | #525 | 88 |
| 1913 | #611 | 52 |
| 1912 | #561 | 51 |
| 1911 | #471 | 38 |
| 1910 | #582 | 24 |
| 1909 | #574 | 21 |
| 1908 | #489 | 26 |
| 1907 | #616 | 17 |
| 1906 | #431 | 26 |
| 1905 | #430 | 25 |
| 1904 | #390 | 28 |
| 1903 | #451 | 21 |
| 1902 | #521 | 17 |
| 1901 | #383 | 24 |
| 1900 | #518 | 21 |
| 1899 | #438 | 18 |
| 1898 | #435 | 21 |
| 1897 | #404 | 22 |
| 1896 | #438 | 20 |
| 1895 | #340 | 29 |
| 1894 | #419 | 20 |
| 1893 | #371 | 23 |
| 1892 | #341 | 30 |
| 1891 | #427 | 17 |
| 1890 | #458 | 16 |
| 1889 | #446 | 17 |
| 1888 | #377 | 24 |
| 1887 | #356 | 21 |
| 1886 | #403 | 19 |
| 1885 | #364 | 23 |
| 1884 | #336 | 27 |
| 1883 | #460 | 15 |
| 1882 | #355 | 25 |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 |
| 1880 | #325 | 27 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Granville was already there! It came in at #325, and was given to 27 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1998, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Granville
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- 1,403 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #12,008)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 138 spots in 1946 (#864 → #726)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1907 (#431 → #616)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #325 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 99 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1880–1952
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,048
- Highest: 1 in 4,048 boys born in 1895 were named Granville (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #325 in 1880, was only 1 in 4,092 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.6% of all boys named Granville (1,189) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 219 | #325 (1880) | #378 |
| 1890s | 216 | #340 (1895) | #407 |
| 1900s | 226 | #383 (1901) | #480 |
| 1910s | 856 | #471 (1911) | #542 |
| 1920s | 1,189 | #507 (1923) | #576 |
| 1930s | 783 | #629 (1930) | #682 |
| 1940s | 671 | #702 (1940) | #798 |
| 1950s | 490 | #904 (1950) | #1,067 |
| 1960s | 314 | #1,178 (1960) | #1,419 |
| 1970s | 214 | #1,376 (1973) | #2,263 |
| 1980s | 134 | #2,166 (1982) | #3,694 |
| 1990s | 82 | #4,396 (1996) | #6,054 |
| 2000s | 57 | #6,258 (2003) | #8,329 |
| 2010s | 34 | #8,140 (2017) | #10,277 |
| 2020s | 16 | #10,605 (2020) | #11,654 |
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.
Granville in 1912
boys
#561
51 births · 1 in 8,430 boys
Top boys' names in 1912
More about 1912
boys
429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 8,430 of them was named Granville, which outranked 80.7% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).