Granville

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1880 · 27 births
Debut · boys
27 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,501
since 1880

Granville over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Granville has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #325, 1880boys
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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#12,3495
2023
2022
2021
2020#10,6056
2019
2018#8,1549
2017#8,1409
2016
2015#12,0865
2014#10,7176
2013
2012
2011#12,2875
2010
2009#9,8647
2008#11,0376
2007
2006
2005#7,6409
2004#8,9277
2003#6,25811
2002#7,6438
2001#6,9359
2000
1999#7,1398
1998
1997#5,64210
1996#4,39614
1995#7,7926
1994#7,7706
1993#6,2288
1992#5,6609
1991#4,47612
1990#5,3829
1989#4,81110
1988#4,16211
1987#6,0896
1986#3,65312
1985#3,80511
1984#2,52919
1983#3,88410
1982#2,16624
1981#3,22113
1980#2,61718
1979#4,0689
1978#2,56817
1977#2,55617
1976#2,24520
1975#2,00123
1974#2,45916
1973#1,37637
1972#1,87123
1971#1,63729
1970#1,84723
1969#1,52628
1968#1,69522
1967#1,54025
1966#1,45028
1965#1,48327
1964#1,38432
1963#1,27937
1962#1,42330
1961#1,23341
1960#1,17844
1959#1,26538
1958#1,09149
1957#1,16544
1956#1,01954
1955#1,24037
1954#1,02953
1953#1,05847
1952#98153
1951#91958
1950#90457
1949#95852
1948#90258
1947#80573
1946#72681
1945#86452
1944#72074
1943#76473
1942#79166
1941#75168
1940#70274
1939#70771
1938#75765
1937#71371
1936#71969
1935#73170
1934#64287
1933#65779
1932#63289
1931#63387
1930#62995
1929#63992
1928#62197
1927#63898
1926#608106
1925#549125
1924#529142
1923#507146
1922#568125
1921#583118
1920#516140
1919#539123
1918#490148
1917#525121
1916#533116
1915#58395
1914#52588
1913#61152
1912#56151
1911#47138
1910#58224
1909#57421
1908#48926
1907#61617
1906#43126
1905#43025
1904#39028
1903#45121
1902#52117
1901#38324
1900#51821
1899#43818
1898#43521
1897#40422
1896#43820
1895#34029
1894#41920
1893#37123
1892#34130
1891#42717
1890#45816
1889#44617
1888#37724
1887#35621
1886#40319
1885#36423
1884#33627
1883#46015
1882#35525
1881#36021
1880#32527
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s219#325 (1880)#378
1890s216#340 (1895)#407
1900s226#383 (1901)#480
1910s856#471 (1911)#542
1920s1,189#507 (1923)#576
1930s783#629 (1930)#682
1940s671#702 (1940)#798
1950s490#904 (1950)#1,067
1960s314#1,178 (1960)#1,419
1970s214#1,376 (1973)#2,263
1980s134#2,166 (1982)#3,694
1990s82#4,396 (1996)#6,054
2000s57#6,258 (2003)#8,329
2010s34#8,140 (2017)#10,277
2020s16#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 1951

boys
#919
58 births · 1 in 32,463 boys

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #919Granville58
More about 1951

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 32,463 of them was named Granville, which outranked 78.4% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Granville
  1. #915Glendon59
  2. #915Wayland59
  3. #915Winford59
  4. #919Granville58
  5. #919Arlin58
  6. #919Aurelio58
  7. #919Bonnie58
  8. #929Duwayne57
  9. #929Erasmo57
  10. #929Jerrell57

Tied with 9 names at #919; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951