Boys' name · since 1915
Grenville
Grenville has 30 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,817 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Grenville sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 30 recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grenville has been recorded 30 times among boys since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1949.
- #25,817 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 30 born since 1915
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grenville ranks #25,817 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.
- #25,817 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Grenville's 30 recorded births place it above 42.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Grenville's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Grenville's full recorded timeline at 1918, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Grenville popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1949
- Peak year (1915)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Grenville by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (19 births, 63% of the file).
1910s was Grenville's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Grenville births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
19 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 19 births (63% of all-time use).
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What to do with Grenville's data
- Grenville's decade-level peak was the 1910s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Grenville: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1915–1949 (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 Grenville 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.