Grier**
#8,478 most common girls' name of all time · #14,148 across all names · 44% male / 56% female · used 1916–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#8,478
Rank overall
#14,148 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
756
Since 2016
264
Peak year
2009 #4,497
Best rank
#4,491 2007
Girls
Boys
peak 43/yr
Grier first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 6 | 26 | #5,951 |
| 2024 | 18 | 8 | 26 | #6,429 |
| 2023 | 18 | 11 | 29 | #6,449 |
| 2022 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #7,668 |
| 2021 | 18 | 7 | 25 | #6,451 |
| 2020 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,693 |
| 2019 | 19 | 14 | 33 | #6,205 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #6,555 |
| 2017 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #7,492 |
| 2016 | 23 | 11 | 34 | #5,655 |
| 2015 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #10,235 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #7,698 |
| 2013 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,509 |
| 2012 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #6,914 |
| 2011 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #8,243 |
| 2010 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,211 |
| 2009 | 33 | 10 | 43 | #4,497 |
| 2008 | 32 | 6 | 38 | #4,656 |
| 2007 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #9,352 |
| 2004 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #14,333 |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,538 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,635 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,226 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #13,740 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,602 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1974 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1925 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | — |