Boys' name · since 1984
Grigor
204 babies named Grigor in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,834 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,995 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
204 babies have been named Grigor since 1984, making it today's #9995 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grigor has been recorded 204 times among boys since 1984, currently ranked #9995 nationally and more common than 28% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #12,834 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,995 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 204 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grigor ranks #12,834 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,995 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 204 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,834 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,995 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Grigor's 204 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Grigor compares
204 38th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Grigor's all-time total is 45% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Grigor | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 204 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Grigor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Grigor's full recorded timeline at 2004, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Grigor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Grigor by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (81 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Grigor's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Grigor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 81 births (40% of all-time use).
Grigor by state
Where Grigor concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 149 | 73.0% |
149 of 204 births nationwide.
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What to do with Grigor's data
- Grigor's decade-level peak was the 1990s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Grigors (149 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Grigor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Grigor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.