Grindle — girls' name
21 babies named Grindle in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Grindle was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Grindle in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Grindle
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Grindle between 1963 and 1964, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Grindle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Grindle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Grindle 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 21 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.
Grindle at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Grindle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1963
- Peak year (1964)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
21 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 14 births in a single year.
Grindle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 21 births that decade — 100% of Grindle's all-time total
Grindle decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Grindle's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1963–1964 (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.