Griffin
Griffin was given to 1,627 boys in 2025, #222 among boys’ names; 51,809 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 50,200 Americans named Griffin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 8 and 25.
Griffin came back: it left the boys’ top 1,000 after 1906 and returned in 1983.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Griffin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Griffin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Griffin is “a male given name from Welsh derived from Griffinus, a latinized form of Gruffudd.”
Also “a male given name from Cornish derived from Gryffyn, of relation to the Welsh name.”
/ˈɡɹɪfɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Griffin?
#222 among boys’ names, 2025
Griffin rose from #236 in 2015 to #222 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.84 to 1.0 per 1,000.
1,750 babies in 2023, the peak
Griffin peaked in 2023, when 1,750 babies were given it (1,728 boys, #214 among boys’ names). The 1,648 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 94% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,627 | #222 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 1,617 | #223 | 0.94 |
| 2023 | 1,728 | #214 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 1,540 | #230 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1,592 | #232 | 0.91 |
| 2020 | 1,492 | #241 | 0.86 |
| 2019 | 1,624 | #232 | 0.91 |
| 2018 | 1,678 | #224 | 0.92 |
| 2017 | 1,522 | #243 | 0.82 |
| 2016 | 1,695 | #230 | 0.89 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,614 | #236 | 0.84 |
| 2014 | 1,537 | #243 | 0.80 |
| 2013 | 1,623 | #225 | 0.86 |
| 2012 | 1,652 | #220 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 1,581 | #227 | 0.83 |
| 2010 | 1,517 | #232 | 0.79 |
| 2009 | 1,558 | #232 | 0.79 |
| 2008 | 1,504 | #243 | 0.74 |
| 2007 | 1,486 | #242 | 0.72 |
| 2006 | 1,353 | #256 | 0.66 |
| 2005 | 1,376 | #244 | 0.69 |
| 2004 | 1,385 | #241 | 0.70 |
| 2003 | 1,536 | #225 | 0.78 |
| 2002 | 1,472 | #228 | 0.76 |
| 2001 | 1,418 | #239 | 0.73 |
| 2000 | 1,468 | #233 | 0.75 |
| 1999 | 1,545 | #219 | 0.80 |
| 1998 | 1,491 | #215 | 0.78 |
| 1997 | 1,365 | #225 | 0.72 |
| 1996 | 990 | #281 | 0.52 |
| 1995 | 689 | #355 | 0.36 |
| 1994 | 565 | #404 | 0.29 |
| 1993 | 432 | #487 | 0.22 |
| 1992 | 329 | #560 | 0.16 |
| 1991 | 259 | #632 | 0.13 |
| 1990 | 277 | #603 | 0.13 |
| 1989 | 248 | #633 | 0.12 |
| 1988 | 232 | #621 | 0.12 |
| 1987 | 252 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 144 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 148 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 82 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 81 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 45 | #1,419 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,091 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,090 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,148 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,676 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,949 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,159 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,891 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,233 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,435 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,481 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,239 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,934 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,689 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,118 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,151 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,995 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,309 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,094 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,363 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,830 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,794 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,915 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,315 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,583 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,677 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,065 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,769 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,795 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,064 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,726 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,674 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,619 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,485 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,172 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,768 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,793 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,081 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,612 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,708 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,827 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,121 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,716 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,112 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,683 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,747 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,612 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,040 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,248 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,228 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,468 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,142 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,488 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,602 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,650 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,919 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,610 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,461 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,560 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,502 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,823 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,470 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,071 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,249 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,055 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 9 | #878 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 9 | #866 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,280 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 9 | #815 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,065 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 8 | #802 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,092 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,056 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 6 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,162 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,148 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 6 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 7 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 7 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 5 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 7 | #806 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 5 | #997 | 0.04 |
| 1881 | 6 | #816 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Griffin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 51,809 Americans recorded as Griffin, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 21 girls and 1,627 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Griffin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Griffin, and how old are they?
50,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 51,809 Americans ever recorded as Griffin. The median Griffin alive today is 16 years old; half are between 8 and 25.
The 2020 Census counted 40,385 people named Griffin (697 women and girls, 39,688 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 41,179 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 53 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 221 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 472 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 23,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 21,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Griffin born?
The states with the most babies named Griffin are California, New York and Ohio, with 16% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 103 | #344 | 0.6× |
| New York | 81 | #240 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 80 | #168 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 70 | #479 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 70 | #145 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 63 | #198 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 57 | #207 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 57 | #340 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 56 | #219 | 1.0× |
| Minnesota | 55 | #114 | 1.7× |
Where Griffin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Griffin is most over-represented in New Hampshire: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Griffin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 55,508 babies since 1880, Griffin is the most given (93% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,648 of their 1,746 babies (94%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Griffin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Griffin and names like it
- Compare Griffin and GriffenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sGriffin peaked in 2023.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Griffin since 1910.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Griffin.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Griffin alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.