Griselda

#3,296 for girls in 2025, 47 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1981 · 271 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,124
since 1906

Griselda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Griselda has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #652, 1981girls
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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#3,29647
2024#3,57543
2023#3,18151
2022#3,53644
2021#4,01436
2020#3,39945
2019#3,49944
2018#3,61442
2017#3,47944
2016#3,06054
2015#3,53344
2014#3,04155
2013#3,16651
2012#3,36448
2011#3,35048
2010#2,90659
2009#2,10296
2008#2,20690
2007#2,015101
2006#1,846110
2005#1,668119
2004#1,667116
2003#1,284162
2002#1,275154
2001#1,499125
2000#1,266154
1999#1,099181
1998#1,118172
1997#1,058180
1996#998188
1995#822239
1994#844236
1993#697307
1992#835239
1991#763270#8,2365
1990#728287
1989#755260#7,9055
1988#868203
1987#878193#6,9515
1986#780217#6,7215
1985#753229#4,3339
1984#713232#4,2159
1983#815189#6,2385
1982#835187#4,5938
1981#652271
1980#690250
1979#679253
1978#750206
1977#802187
1976#747194
1975#804171#5,4645
1974#807167
1973#734191#5,1015
1972#919134
1971#1,148101
1970#1,16899
1969#1,054108
1968#1,22380
1967#1,42860
1966#1,48855
1965#1,63547
1964#1,59351
1963#1,68346
1962#2,07332
1961#1,95535
1960#1,88736
1959#1,98532
1958#1,82036
1957#2,41622
1956#2,82617
1955#3,09514
1954#2,45020
1953#2,51618
1952#2,41119
1951#2,57716
1950#2,78114
1949#2,72614
1948#2,70114
1947#3,7069
1946#4,9605
1945#4,0256
1944#2,94610
1943#3,8017
1942
1941#3,5597
1940#4,3495
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1937
1936#2,68910
1935#3,4317
1934#4,2865
1933#4,2185
1932#4,4115
1931
1930#3,0559
1929
1928#4,7255
1927#4,2866
1926
1925
1924#4,4346
1923#4,3766
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1913#3,1875
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1906#1,9515
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First appearance
1906

The first year at least five girls were named Griselda! It came in at #1,951, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1906–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Griselda is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedNHWashington: #713 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,955 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #583 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,178 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedMINew York: #1,960 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,620 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedORNevada: #224 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,004 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #282 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 1,550 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedDEArizona: #405 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,190 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Griselda, so not publishedHITexas: #383 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 2,284 girlsTXFlorida: #831 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,769 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#224 · 1 in 1,004
  2. California#282 · 1 in 1,550
  3. Texas#383 · 1 in 2,284
  4. Arizona#405 · 1 in 2,190
  5. Illinois#583 · 1 in 4,178

Best ever in a state: #224 in Nevada, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#22471 in 1,004
California#2821611 in 1,550
Texas#383601 in 2,284
Arizona#405121 in 2,190
Illinois#583181 in 4,178
Washington#71361 in 4,955
Florida#831111 in 6,769
New York#1,96051 in 22,620
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Griselda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 279 spots since 2024 (#3,575#3,296)
  • 103 spots since 2020 (#3,399#3,296)
  • 237 spots since 2015 (#3,533#3,296)
  • Biggest jump: 229 spots in 1972 (#1,148#919)
  • Biggest drop: 183 spots in 1982 (#652#835)
Rise & fade · girls
75 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1981 at #652 (271 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1972–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,893
  • Highest: 1 in 5,893 girls born in 1993 were named Griselda (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,197 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #652 in 1981, was only 1 in 6,155 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 25.2% of all girls named Griselda (2,299) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,951 (1906)#1,951
1910s5#3,187 (1913)#3,187
1920s23#4,286 (1927)#4,455
1930s41#2,689 (1936)#3,682
1940s77#2,701 (1948)#3,641
1950s208#1,820 (1958)#2,488
1960s550#1,054 (1969)#1,602
1970s1,703#679 (1979)#856
1980s2,231#652 (1981)#774
1990s2,299#697 (1993)#896
2000s1,227#1,266 (2000)#1,683
2010s489#2,906 (2010)#3,301
2020s266#3,181 (2023)#3,500

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Griselda in 1993

girls
#697
307 births · 1 in 5,893 girls

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #697Griselda307
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 5,893 of them was named Griselda, which outranked 95.6% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Griselda
  1. #694Devan312
  2. #695Maura311
  3. #696Alycia310
  4. #697Griselda307
  5. #697Angie307
  6. #697Shelly307
  7. #700Constance306
  8. #700Reyna306
  9. #702Jana305

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 12,442Coraima#13,317#875
  2. 5,624Kadijah#6,314#690
  3. 3,307Kalene#4,236#929
  4. 1,413Deyanira#2,351#938
  5. 979Halle#1,713#734
Fallers
  1. 1,120Latifah#802#1,922
  2. 747Shanae#662#1,409
  3. 520Jaleesa#792#1,312
  4. 487Brianda#777#1,264
  5. 417Chynna#941#1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1993