Griffey — #4840 US boys' name
207 babies named Griffey in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to boys today.
53% of everyone ever named Griffey was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Griffey in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Griffey
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Griffey between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Griffey currently holds the #4840 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Griffey performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Griffey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Griffey in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Griffey 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 207 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.
Griffey at a glance
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Current rank
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Griffey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2021)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #4840 among boys.
207 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 28 births in a single year.
Griffey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 109 births that decade — 53% of Griffey's all-time total
Griffey decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Griffey's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Griffey by state
Where Griffey concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 16 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Washington | | 12 | 5.8% |
16 of 207 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Utah 7.7% of nationwide
- Washington 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.