Griffin — #223 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Griffin

The Social Security Administration has registered 49,411 babies named Griffin between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Griffin currently holds the #223 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 1,726 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Griffin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 16,042 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Griffin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,929 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Griffin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Griffin 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 49,411 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.