Girls' name · since 1961
Granada
15 babies named Granada in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,697 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
15 girls have been named Granada since 1961, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Granada has 15 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1980.
- #49,697 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1961
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Granada ranks #49,697 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1961, peaking in the 1980s.
- #49,697 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Granada's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Granada's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Granada splits its recorded history at 1980: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Granada popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1980
- Peak year (1980)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Granada by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Granada's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Granada births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Granada: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Granada draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.