Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Grant

#254 most common boys' name of all time · #552 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#254
Rank overall
#552 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
136,669
Since 2016
18,588
Peak year
1997 #115
Best rank
#115 1997
Girls Boys peak 3,315/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Grant is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,555 1,555 #228
2024 — 1,458 1,458 #241
2023 — 1,541 1,541 #228
2022 — 1,672 1,672 #220
2021 — 1,790 1,790 #213
2020 — 1,771 1,771 #213
2019 5 1,983 1,988 #198
2018 — 2,167 2,167 #184
2017 — 2,294 2,294 #173
2016 — 2,352 2,352 #171
2015 — 2,361 2,361 #177
2014 8 2,646 2,654 #155
2013 — 2,419 2,419 #169
2012 — 2,470 2,470 #163
2011 — 2,541 2,541 #151
2010 — 2,537 2,537 #155
2009 7 2,728 2,735 #145
2008 — 2,866 2,866 #143
2007 — 2,569 2,569 #161
2006 8 2,688 2,696 #155
2005 6 2,658 2,664 #154
2004 11 2,814 2,825 #141
2003 — 2,917 2,917 #137
2002 — 3,078 3,078 #127
2001 5 2,924 2,929 #135
2000 — 3,174 3,174 #123
1999 — 2,939 2,939 #128
1998 5 3,014 3,019 #127
1997 — 3,315 3,315 #115
1996 — 3,205 3,205 #119
1995 5 3,206 3,211 #116
1994 — 2,278 2,278 #152
1993 — 2,160 2,160 #151
1992 8 1,913 1,921 #167
1991 6 1,733 1,739 #182
1990 5 1,694 1,699 #183
1989 — 1,680 1,680 #180
1988 10 1,625 1,635 #172
1987 7 1,565 1,572 #175
1986 14 1,484 1,498 #180
1985 10 1,652 1,662 #166
1984 9 1,589 1,598 #169
1983 9 1,550 1,559 #167
1982 7 1,169 1,176 #211
1981 6 1,101 1,107 #223
1980 9 1,107 1,116 #217
1979 8 1,010 1,018 #226
1978 5 817 822 #249
1977 6 725 731 #270
1976 — 717 717 #270
1975 5 719 724 #269
1974 — 617 617 #300
1973 6 575 581 #304
1972 — 577 577 #318
1971 7 661 668 #299
1970 5 782 787 #271
1969 — 658 658 #295
1968 — 573 573 #316
1967 — 577 577 #307
1966 — 626 626 #295
1965 — 619 619 #302
1964 — 669 669 #303
1963 — 780 780 #277
1962 — 772 772 #278
1961 — 813 813 #275
1960 — 718 718 #293
1959 — 590 590 #320
1958 — 587 587 #313
1957 — 639 639 #298
1956 — 613 613 #300
1955 — 610 610 #290
1954 — 620 620 #282
1953 — 551 551 #300
1952 — 550 550 #303
1951 — 504 504 #310
1950 — 469 469 #317
1949 — 465 465 #314
1948 — 419 419 #327
1947 — 451 451 #323
1946 — 388 388 #326
1945 — 343 343 #322
1944 — 390 390 #306
1943 — 417 417 #303
1942 — 403 403 #304
1941 — 373 373 #299
1940 — 317 317 #314
1939 — 290 290 #323
1938 — 285 285 #329
1937 — 275 275 #328
1936 — 251 251 #342
1935 — 288 288 #320
1934 — 271 271 #330
1933 — 253 253 #334
1932 — 271 271 #334
1931 — 261 261 #338
1930 — 304 304 #317
1929 — 296 296 #321
1928 — 309 309 #319
1927 — 347 347 #308
1926 5 333 338 #311
1925 — 373 373 #297
1924 — 368 368 #296
1923 — 381 381 #288
1922 — 417 417 #276
1921 — 411 411 #274
1920 — 391 391 #282
1919 — 406 406 #264
1918 — 435 435 #254
1917 — 398 398 #252
1916 — 351 351 #273
1915 — 357 357 #253
1914 — 253 253 #275
1913 — 186 186 #290
1912 — 169 169 #271
1911 — 67 67 #335
1910 — 96 96 #245
1909 — 59 59 #296
1908 — 79 79 #237
1907 — 75 75 #238
1906 — 64 64 #247
1905 — 63 63 #247
1904 — 58 58 #251
1903 — 61 61 #232
1902 — 54 54 #252
1901 — 45 45 #257
1900 — 82 82 #218
1899 — 40 40 #275
1898 — 52 52 #244
1897 — 72 72 #199
1896 — 71 71 #212
1895 — 77 77 #192
1894 — 62 62 #215
1893 — 55 55 #231
1892 — 64 64 #220
1891 — 56 56 #211
1890 — 65 65 #203
1889 — 39 39 #266
1888 — 45 45 #263
1887 — 48 48 #228
1886 — 69 69 #194
1885 — 59 59 #207
1884 — 41 41 #267
1883 — 32 32 #290
1882 — 41 41 #267
1881 — 33 33 #273
1880 — 52 52 #228