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
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 1,728 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 51,051since 1881
Griffin over time
Rank among boys' names. Griffin has never cracked the top 200 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 | #5,722 | 21 | #222 | 1,627 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #223 | 1,617 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #214 | 1,728 |
| 2022 | #5,638 | 22 | #230 | 1,540 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | #232 | 1,592 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #241 | 1,492 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #232 | 1,624 |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | #224 | 1,678 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | #243 | 1,522 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #230 | 1,695 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | #236 | 1,614 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | #243 | 1,537 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | #225 | 1,623 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | #220 | 1,652 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | #227 | 1,581 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #232 | 1,517 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #232 | 1,558 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | #243 | 1,504 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | #242 | 1,486 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #256 | 1,353 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #244 | 1,376 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | #241 | 1,385 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | #225 | 1,536 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #228 | 1,472 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | #239 | 1,418 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | #233 | 1,468 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #219 | 1,545 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | #215 | 1,491 |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 | #225 | 1,365 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | #281 | 990 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #355 | 689 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #404 | 565 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | #487 | 432 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #561 | 329 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #634 | 259 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #602 | 277 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #636 | 248 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #620 | 232 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #569 | 252 |
| 1986 | — | #754 | 144 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #726 | 148 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #985 | 82 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #979 | 81 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #1,242 | 56 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #1,411 | 45 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #1,187 | 59 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,089 | 67 |
| 1978 | — | #1,087 | 64 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,099 | 62 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,144 | 56 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,658 | 30 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,203 | 18 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,806 | 20 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,887 | 18 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,263 | 13 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,572 | 24 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,668 | 21 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,038 | 15 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,749 | 19 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,702 | 19 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,656 | 20 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,599 | 22 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,475 | 23 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,680 | 17 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,795 | 15 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,656 | 18 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,725 | 17 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,586 | 19 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,448 | 26 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,583 | 23 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,628 | 23 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,883 | 18 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,543 | 24 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,449 | 25 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,479 | 23 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,646 | 19 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,260 | 22 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 2023 at #214 (1,728 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1983–2025
- Highest: 1 in 990 boys born in 2023 were named Griffin (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,050 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
- 31.4% of all boys named Griffin (16,043) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | #764 (1884) | #856 |
| 1890s | 40 | #814 (1890) | #977 |
| 1900s | 61 | #779 (1901) | #942 |
| 1910s | 175 | #1,038 (1911) | #1,410 |
| 1920s | 222 | #1,448 (1928) | #1,643 |
| 1930s | 149 | #1,586 (1933) | #1,898 |
| 1940s | 177 | #1,475 (1946) | #1,738 |
| 1950s | 182 | #1,572 (1955) | #1,854 |
| 1960s | 160 | #1,463 (1969) | #2,102 |
| 1970s | 366 | #1,087 (1978) | #1,756 |
| 1980s | 1,347 | #569 (1987) | #911 |
| 1990s | 7,942 | #215 (1998) | #398 |
| 2000s | 14,556 | #225 (2003) | #238 |
| 2010s | 16,043 | #220 (2012) | #231 |
| 2020s | 9,596 | #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 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 80,109 of them was named Griffin, which outranked 72.3% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,526Zaya25
- #5,526Zeina25
- #5,526Ziva25
- #5,709Griffin24
- #5,709Abcde24
- #5,709Abegail24
- #5,709Abriel24
- #5,895Aaron23
- #5,895Abeni23
- #5,895Adelyne23
Tied with 185 names at #5,709; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 1,397 of them was named Griffin, which outranked 98.3% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.