Griffith

#4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births

Peak · boys
1899 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,550
since 1899

Griffith over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Griffith has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #857, 1899boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,53922
2024#5,06719
2023#5,66616
2022#6,47913
2021#4,49422
2020#5,98014
2019#5,81315
2018#4,35423
2017#4,10525
2016#6,72612
2015#6,32413
2014#6,63212
2013#5,65915
2012#7,55910
2011#4,98318
2010#5,04718
2009#5,80015
2008#6,07014
2007#5,90114
2006#4,86518
2005#3,94123
2004#5,49214
2003#5,55813
2002#4,32218
2001#4,12119
2000#4,38917
1999#3,27924
1998#3,29623
1997#4,45114
1996#2,83826
1995#3,43219
1994#3,91116
1993#2,78625
1992#3,22020
1991#3,81315
1990#3,05820
1989#4,81110
1988#3,91512
1987#2,83818
1986#2,89117
1985#3,21614
1984#5,5616
1983#4,4998
1982#5,6196
1981#3,60111
1980#2,96515
1979#3,01814
1978#3,07013
1977#5,1236
1976#5,5875
1975#3,9418
1974#3,31810
1973#3,22310
1972
1971#3,3709
1970#4,2306
1969#3,5957
1968#2,03016
1967
1966#3,2497
1965#2,27013
1964#1,90018
1963#2,11515
1962#1,75721
1961#2,9009
1960#2,53511
1959#2,29513
1958#3,0338
1957#2,19014
1956#2,09115
1955#1,84518
1954#2,9428
1953#2,09914
1952#1,74919
1951#1,97215
1950#2,20712
1949#2,45310
1948#2,21812
1947#1,85017
1946#2,27111
1945#2,3939
1944#3,4305
1943#1,48622
1942#1,86715
1941#2,4919
1940#1,80215
1939
1938#2,08412
1937#1,99213
1936#1,87214
1935#3,2526
1934#2,26611
1933#2,5429
1932#2,10113
1931#3,7635
1930#3,2897
1929#2,31712
1928#2,8439
1927#2,52311
1926#1,98116
1925#1,93517
1924#1,96417
1923#2,12315
1922#1,50325
1921#2,26514
1920#2,45912
1919#2,66510
1918#1,40426
1917#1,81517
1916#2,15213
1915#1,96814
1914#2,4578
1913
1912#2,0457
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five boys were named Griffith! It came in at #857, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Griffith
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 528 spots since 2024 (#5,067#4,539)
  • 1,441 spots since 2020 (#5,980#4,539)
  • 1,785 spots since 2015 (#6,324#4,539)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1899 at #857 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1900, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,173
  • Highest: 1 in 15,173 boys born in 1899 were named Griffith (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 13.0% of all boys named Griffith (202) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s7#857 (1899)#857
1900s0
1910s95#1,404 (1918)#2,072
1920s148#1,503 (1922)#2,191
1930s90#1,872 (1936)#2,573
1940s125#1,486 (1943)#2,226
1950s136#1,749 (1952)#2,242
1960s117#1,757 (1962)#2,483
1970s81#3,018 (1979)#3,876
1980s117#2,838 (1987)#3,992
1990s202#2,786 (1993)#3,408
2000s165#3,941 (2005)#5,046
2010s161#4,105 (2017)#5,720
2020s106#4,494 (2021)#5,371

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.

Griffith in 1899

boys
#857
7 births · 1 in 15,173 boys

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #857Griffith7
More about 1899

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 15,173 of them was named Griffith, which outranked 28.6% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Griffith
  1. #786Wilfrid8
  2. #786Wilton8
  3. #786Zeb8
  4. #857Griffith7
  5. #857Alice7
  6. #857Allison7
  7. #857Alonza7
  8. #928Alberto6
  9. #928Alcide6
  10. #928Alferd6

Tied with 70 names at #857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. 640Rogers#1,121#481
  2. 600Edna#1,121#521
  3. 545Giles#1,002#457
  4. 508Sarah#1,121#613
  5. 461Thaddeus#885#424
Fallers
  1. 566Jason#485#1,051
  2. 564Fitzhugh#364#928
  3. 508Oran#543#1,051
  4. 493Wilber#435#928
  5. 443Hosea#485#928

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

See the top 100 for 1899