Griffyn — #4501 US boys' name
450 babies named Griffyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Griffyn was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Griffyn in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Griffyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 450 babies named Griffyn between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Griffyn currently holds the #4501 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 29 babies received it in a single year. Griffyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 58 additional births since 2009.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Griffyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 194 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Griffyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Griffyn 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 450 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.
Griffyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Griffyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2023)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #4501 among boys.
450 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 29 births in a single year.
Griffyn popularity over time — girls
58 total births recorded since 2009 (Griffyn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Griffyn accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Griffyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 194 births that decade — 43% of Griffyn's all-time total
Griffyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 194 births
- Runner-up 124 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Griffyn's strongest decade
194 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.