Griffin

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · #222 for boys in 2025, 1,627 births
Given to boys 98.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2023 · 1,728 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
51,051
since 1881

Griffin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Griffin has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006boysat peak
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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#5,72221#2221,627
2024#6,16719#2231,617
2023#5,54922#2141,728
2022#5,63822#2301,540
2021#5,74821#2321,592
2020#7,21215#2411,492
2019#4,77328#2321,624
2018#4,23733#2241,678
2017#6,04420#2431,522
2016#4,99027#2301,695
2015#5,83322#2361,614
2014#5,79722#2431,537
2013#7,03117#2251,623
2012#7,14417#2201,652
2011#9,72311#2271,581
2010#6,90418#2321,517
2009#8,05815#2321,558
2008#8,96513#2431,504
2007#5,70924#2421,486
2006#7,48216#2561,353
2005#6,82017#2441,376
2004#6,21619#2411,385
2003#6,29918#2251,536
2002#7,04515#2281,472
2001#6,61916#2391,418
2000#7,15814#2331,468
1999#6,83614#2191,545
1998#5,79917#2151,491
1997#3,16137#2251,365
1996#4,30624#281990
1995#7,04112#355689
1994#4,52122#404565
1993#4,52422#487432
1992#8,06510#561329
1991#10,2717#634259
1990#6,86712#602277
1989#6,16013#636248
1988#7,11110#620232
1987#6,78810#569252
1986#754144
1985#9,3076#726148
1984#6,8109#98582
1983#10,2755#97981
1982#9,2376#1,24256
1981#8,1287#1,41145
1980#7,4188#1,18759
1979#10,2105#1,08967
1978#1,08764
1977#1,09962
1976#1,14456
1975#1,65830
1974#1,93423
1973#2,12419
1972#2,81912
1971#2,20318
1970#2,39915
1969#1,46330
1968#2,20014
1967#1,90617
1966#2,62710
1965#2,08415
1964#2,11415
1963#1,95717
1962#2,27913
1961#2,07016
1960#2,31513
1959#1,80620
1958#1,76620
1957#1,88718
1956#2,26313
1955#1,57224
1954#1,66821
1953#2,03815
1952#1,74919
1951#1,77418
1950#2,01914
1949#1,70219
1948#1,65620
1947#1,59922
1946#1,47523
1945#2,13111
1944#1,73816
1943#1,76417
1942#2,04213
1941#1,58819
1940#1,68017
1939#1,79515
1938#2,08412
1937#1,68817
1936#2,06212
1935#1,65618
1934#1,72517
1933#1,58619
1932#1,99514
1931#2,20712
1930#2,17813
1929#1,52323
1928#1,44826
1927#2,12115
1926#1,46625
1925#1,58323
1924#1,62823
1923#1,64422
1922#1,88318
1921#1,58823
1920#1,54324
1919#1,44925
1918#1,53923
1917#1,47923
1916#1,64619
1915#1,78216
1914#1,26022
1913#1,44114
1912#1,26814
1911#1,03811
1910#1,1938
1909
1908#1,0218
1907
1906#8529
1905#8369
1904#1,2055
1903#7839
1902#1,0136
1901#7798
1900#1,0507
1899
1898#1,0026
1897#9426
1896#1,1015
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
1892#1,0665
1891#8416
1890#8147
1889#7897
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885#9365
1884#7647
1883
1882#9435
1881#7816
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Griffin! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Griffin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#223#222)
  • 19 spots since 2020 (#241#222)
  • 14 spots since 2015 (#236#222)
  • Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1905 (#1,205#836)
  • Biggest drop: 422 spots in 1904 (#783#1,205)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2023 at #214 (1,728 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1983–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 990
  • Highest: 1 in 990 boys born in 2023 were named Griffin (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,050 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 31.4% of all boys named Griffin (16,043) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s35#764 (1884)#856
1890s40#814 (1890)#977
1900s61#779 (1901)#942
1910s175#1,038 (1911)#1,410
1920s222#1,448 (1928)#1,643
1930s149#1,586 (1933)#1,898
1940s177#1,475 (1946)#1,738
1950s182#1,572 (1955)#1,854
1960s160#1,463 (1969)#2,102
1970s366#1,087 (1978)#1,756
1980s1,347#569 (1987)#911
1990s7,942#215 (1998)#398
2000s14,556#225 (2003)#238
2010s16,043#220 (2012)#231
2020s9,596#214 (2023)#227

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.

Griffin in 2006

girls
#7,482
16 births · 1 in 118,826 girls
boys
#256
1,353 births · 1 in 1,519 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #7,482Griffin16

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #256Griffin1,353
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 118,826 of them was named Griffin, which outranked 62.7% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Griffin
  1. #7,142Zyana17
  2. #7,142Zyla17
  3. #7,142Zyria17
  4. #7,482Griffin16
  5. #7,482Aasia16
  6. #7,482Aastha16
  7. #7,482Abaigeal16
  8. #7,868Aalia15
  9. #7,868Aanika15
  10. #7,868Aarianna15

Tied with 385 names at #7,482; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 8,571Bethzy#9,452#881
  2. 1,747Rihanna#2,278#531
  3. 965Yaretzi#1,803#838
  4. 921Betsy#1,668#747
  5. 612Evangeline#1,210#598
Fallers
  1. 2,134Mikalah#806#2,940
  2. 1,275Jolette#954#2,229
  3. 756Karol#818#1,574
  4. 446Litzy#388#834
  5. 305Devon#963#1,268

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

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 1,519 of them was named Griffin, which outranked 98.2% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Griffin
  1. #253Scott1,365
  2. #254Derrick1,362
  3. #255Raul1,355
  4. #256Griffin1,353
  5. #257Ryder1,346
  6. #258Dustin1,338
  7. #259Rylan1,328
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 792Bode#1,648#856
  2. 790Talen#1,691#901
  3. 677Kingston#1,603#926
  4. 634Imanol#1,619#985
  5. 590Yandel#1,266#676
Fallers
  1. 2,208Baby#945#3,153
  2. 609Kanye#892#1,501
  3. 442Amarion#628#1,070
  4. 308Omarion#420#728
  5. 224Johnpaul#739#963

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

See the top 100 for 2006