Griffen — #5736 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Griffen

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,790 babies named Griffen between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Griffen currently holds the #5736 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 110 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Griffen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 764 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Griffen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Griffen in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Griffen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,790 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.