Griffin
#502 most common boys' name of all time · #1,079 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1881–2025
Rank among boys
#502
Rank overall
#1,079 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
51,809
Since 2016
16,343
Peak year
2023 #214
Best rank
#214 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 1,750/yr
Griffin first appears in 1881. 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 | 21 | 1,627 | 1,648 | #222 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,617 | 1,636 | #223 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,728 | 1,750 | #214 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,540 | 1,562 | #230 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,592 | 1,613 | #232 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,492 | 1,507 | #241 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,624 | 1,652 | #232 |
| 2018 | 33 | 1,678 | 1,711 | #224 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,522 | 1,542 | #243 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,695 | 1,722 | #230 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,614 | 1,636 | #236 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,537 | 1,559 | #243 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,623 | 1,640 | #225 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,652 | 1,669 | #220 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,581 | 1,592 | #227 |
| 2010 | 18 | 1,517 | 1,535 | #232 |
| 2009 | 15 | 1,558 | 1,573 | #232 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,504 | 1,517 | #243 |
| 2007 | 24 | 1,486 | 1,510 | #242 |
| 2006 | 16 | 1,353 | 1,369 | #256 |
| 2005 | 17 | 1,376 | 1,393 | #244 |
| 2004 | 19 | 1,385 | 1,404 | #241 |
| 2003 | 18 | 1,536 | 1,554 | #225 |
| 2002 | 15 | 1,472 | 1,487 | #228 |
| 2001 | 16 | 1,418 | 1,434 | #239 |
| 2000 | 14 | 1,468 | 1,482 | #233 |
| 1999 | 14 | 1,545 | 1,559 | #219 |
| 1998 | 17 | 1,491 | 1,508 | #215 |
| 1997 | 37 | 1,365 | 1,402 | #225 |
| 1996 | 24 | 990 | 1,014 | #281 |
| 1995 | 12 | 689 | 701 | #355 |
| 1994 | 22 | 565 | 587 | #404 |
| 1993 | 22 | 432 | 454 | #487 |
| 1992 | 10 | 329 | 339 | #561 |
| 1991 | 7 | 259 | 266 | #634 |
| 1990 | 12 | 277 | 289 | #603 |
| 1989 | 13 | 248 | 261 | #636 |
| 1988 | 10 | 232 | 242 | #621 |
| 1987 | 10 | 252 | 262 | #570 |
| 1986 | — | 144 | 144 | #754 |
| 1985 | 6 | 148 | 154 | #727 |
| 1984 | 9 | 82 | 91 | #985 |
| 1983 | 5 | 81 | 86 | #980 |
| 1982 | 6 | 56 | 62 | #1,244 |
| 1981 | 7 | 45 | 52 | #1,414 |
| 1980 | 8 | 59 | 67 | #1,190 |
| 1979 | 5 | 67 | 72 | #1,090 |
| 1978 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,091 |
| 1977 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,102 |
| 1976 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,147 |
| 1975 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,665 |
| 1974 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,942 |
| 1973 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,140 |
| 1972 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,834 |
| 1971 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,215 |
| 1970 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,415 |
| 1969 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,470 |
| 1968 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,219 |
| 1967 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,922 |
| 1966 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,651 |
| 1965 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,106 |
| 1964 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,139 |
| 1963 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,978 |
| 1962 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,292 |
| 1961 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,084 |
| 1960 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1959 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1958 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,784 |
| 1957 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,902 |
| 1956 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1955 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,584 |
| 1954 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,674 |
| 1953 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1952 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,758 |
| 1951 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,789 |
| 1950 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,038 |
| 1949 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,722 |
| 1948 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,670 |
| 1947 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,609 |
| 1946 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,484 |
| 1945 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1943 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,778 |
| 1942 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,059 |
| 1941 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,598 |
| 1940 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,696 |
| 1939 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,814 |
| 1938 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,106 |
| 1937 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,705 |
| 1936 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,095 |
| 1935 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,671 |
| 1934 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,737 |
| 1933 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1932 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,014 |
| 1931 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,233 |
| 1930 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,204 |
| 1929 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,535 |
| 1928 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,457 |
| 1927 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1926 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,476 |
| 1925 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1924 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,639 |
| 1923 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,653 |
| 1922 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1921 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,605 |
| 1920 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,557 |
| 1919 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,455 |
| 1918 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,553 |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,495 |
| 1916 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,654 |
| 1915 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,801 |
| 1914 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 1913 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,453 |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,292 |
| 1911 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,080 |
| 1910 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,244 |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,066 |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | #889 |
| 1905 | — | 9 | 9 | #883 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,275 |
| 1903 | — | 9 | 9 | #824 |
| 1902 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,073 |
| 1901 | — | 8 | 8 | #824 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,057 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,010 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,177 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,140 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,150 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #915 |
| 1890 | — | 7 | 7 | #857 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #844 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,000 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,018 |
| 1884 | — | 7 | 7 | #824 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,014 |
| 1881 | — | 6 | 6 | #854 |