Griffith
Griffith was given to 22 boys in 2025, #4,595 among boys’ names; 1,550 Americans have been recorded with it since 1899 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,050 Americans named Griffith and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (68% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 16 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Griffith by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Griffith mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Griffith is “a male given name from Welsh, of Wales usage.”
Anglicized from Welsh Gruffudd.
/ˈɡɹɪ.fɪθ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Griffith?
#4,595 among boys’ names, 2025
Griffith rose from #6,454 in 2015 to #4,595 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 6.8 to 12.9 per million.
26 babies in 1918, the peak
Griffith peaked in 1918, when 26 boys were given it, #1,421 among boys’ names. The 22 births of 2025 are 85% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,595 | 12.9 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,125 | 11.0 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,744 | 9.4 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,596 | 7.4 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,534 | 12.6 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,079 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,909 | 8.4 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,401 | 12.7 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,148 | 13.5 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,860 | 6.3 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #6,454 | 6.8 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,777 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,753 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,738 | 5.3 |
| 2011 | 18 | #5,053 | 9.5 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,108 | 9.4 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,902 | 7.6 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,183 | 6.9 |
| 2007 | 14 | #6,018 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,928 | 8.8 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,971 | 11.5 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,582 | 7.1 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,654 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,370 | 9.3 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,177 | 9.8 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,452 | 8.7 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,302 | 12.5 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,326 | 12.0 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,526 | 7.4 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,856 | 13.7 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,469 | 10.0 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,979 | 8.3 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,806 | 12.7 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,257 | 10.0 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,877 | 7.4 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,095 | 9.7 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,944 | 5.0 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,999 | 6.3 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,873 | 9.6 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,928 | 9.2 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,272 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,843 | 3.3 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,650 | 4.5 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,904 | 3.3 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,694 | 6.1 |
| 1980 | 15 | #3,002 | 8.4 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,062 | 8.1 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,122 | 7.9 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,378 | 3.7 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,923 | 3.2 |
| 1975 | 8 | #4,079 | 5.1 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,413 | 6.4 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,295 | 6.4 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,468 | 5.1 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,431 | 3.2 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,726 | 3.9 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,063 | 9.2 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,351 | 3.9 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,308 | 7.0 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,927 | 9.0 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,148 | 7.4 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,777 | 10.2 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,978 | 4.2 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,596 | 5.2 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,338 | 6.1 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,137 | 3.8 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,224 | 6.5 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,127 | 7.1 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,868 | 8.7 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,041 | 3.9 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,137 | 7.1 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,770 | 9.8 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,002 | 8.0 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,256 | 6.7 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,511 | 5.6 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,260 | 6.8 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,874 | 9.3 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,329 | 6.8 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,464 | 6.7 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,615 | 3.7 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,503 | 15.4 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,902 | 10.9 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,550 | 7.3 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,837 | 12.9 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,122 | 10.8 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,033 | 12.2 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,917 | 13.5 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,412 | 5.8 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,321 | 10.7 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,618 | 9.1 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,138 | 12.5 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,997 | 4.8 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,416 | 6.4 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,379 | 11.2 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,923 | 8.1 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,597 | 9.8 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,020 | 14.4 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,960 | 15.2 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,992 | 15.0 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,167 | 13.7 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,525 | 23.0 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,298 | 12.7 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,517 | 11.3 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,758 | 10.2 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,421 | 25.7 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,851 | 18.4 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,197 | 14.6 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,013 | 16.5 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,521 | 12.2 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,129 | 16.3 |
| 1899 | 7 | #895 | 65.9 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Griffith a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Griffith has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Griffith: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Griffith, and how old are they?
1,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 68% of the 1,550 Americans ever recorded as Griffith. The median Griffith alive today is 31 years old; half are between 16 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 1,067 people named Griffith (37 women and girls, 1,030 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,016 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 38 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 173 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 123 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 232 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 267 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 219 |
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Griffith
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 Griffith and names like it
- Compare Griffith and HilarioBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sGriffith peaked in 1918.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Griffith since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Griffith.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Griffith alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.