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.

Griffith

#3,661 most common boys' name of all time · #8,925 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1899–2025

Rank among boys
#3,661
Rank overall
#8,925 of 105,966
First appeared
1899
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
1,550
Since 2016
181
Peak year
1918 #1,429
Best rank
#926 1899
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Griffith first appears in 1899. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 22 22 #4,551
2024 — 19 19 #5,080
2023 — 16 16 #5,679
2022 — 13 13 #6,496
2021 — 22 22 #4,502
2020 — 14 14 #6,010
2019 — 15 15 #5,828
2018 — 23 23 #4,367
2017 — 25 25 #4,118
2016 — 12 12 #6,753
2015 — 13 13 #6,344
2014 — 12 12 #6,658
2013 — 15 15 #5,678
2012 — 10 10 #7,590
2011 — 18 18 #5,003
2010 — 18 18 #5,060
2009 — 15 15 #5,820
2008 — 14 14 #6,093
2007 — 14 14 #5,919
2006 — 18 18 #4,879
2005 — 23 23 #3,952
2004 — 14 14 #5,525
2003 — 13 13 #5,580
2002 — 18 18 #4,338
2001 — 19 19 #4,139
2000 — 17 17 #4,410
1999 — 24 24 #3,290
1998 — 23 23 #3,309
1997 — 14 14 #4,475
1996 — 26 26 #2,848
1995 — 19 19 #3,451
1994 — 16 16 #3,927
1993 — 25 25 #2,800
1992 — 20 20 #3,239
1991 — 15 15 #3,838
1990 — 20 20 #3,077
1989 — 10 10 #4,856
1988 — 12 12 #3,936
1987 — 18 18 #2,863
1986 — 17 17 #2,916
1985 — 14 14 #3,246
1984 — 6 6 #5,642
1983 — 8 8 #4,556
1982 — 6 6 #5,701
1981 — 11 11 #3,643
1980 — 15 15 #2,988
1979 — 14 14 #3,045
1978 — 13 13 #3,095
1977 — 6 6 #5,213
1976 — 5 5 #5,691
1975 — 8 8 #3,997
1974 — 10 10 #3,376
1973 — 10 10 #3,281
1971 — 9 9 #3,434
1970 — 6 6 #4,317
1969 — 7 7 #3,665
1968 — 16 16 #2,057
1966 — 7 7 #3,317
1965 — 13 13 #2,304
1964 — 18 18 #1,930
1963 — 15 15 #2,146
1962 — 21 21 #1,784
1961 — 9 9 #2,955
1960 — 11 11 #2,583
1959 — 13 13 #2,340
1958 — 8 8 #3,098
1957 — 14 14 #2,222
1956 — 15 15 #2,126
1955 — 18 18 #1,869
1954 — 8 8 #3,014
1953 — 14 14 #2,141
1952 — 19 19 #1,772
1951 — 15 15 #2,020
1950 — 12 12 #2,252
1949 — 10 10 #2,501
1948 — 12 12 #2,258
1947 — 17 17 #1,879
1946 — 11 11 #2,319
1945 — 9 9 #2,461
1944 — 5 5 #3,531
1943 — 22 22 #1,513
1942 — 15 15 #1,902
1941 — 9 9 #2,554
1940 — 15 15 #1,846
1938 — 12 12 #2,137
1937 — 13 13 #2,041
1936 — 14 14 #1,919
1935 — 6 6 #3,342
1934 — 11 11 #2,315
1933 — 9 9 #2,618
1932 — 13 13 #2,143
1931 — 5 5 #3,866
1930 — 7 7 #3,355
1929 — 12 12 #2,368
1928 — 9 9 #2,925
1927 — 11 11 #2,580
1926 — 16 16 #2,025
1925 — 17 17 #1,980
1924 — 17 17 #1,997
1923 — 15 15 #2,169
1922 — 25 25 #1,528
1921 — 14 14 #2,316
1920 — 12 12 #2,505
1919 — 10 10 #2,730
1918 — 26 26 #1,429
1917 — 17 17 #1,863
1916 — 13 13 #2,198
1915 — 14 14 #2,020
1914 — 8 8 #2,531
1912 — 7 7 #2,152
1899 — 7 7 #926