Griselda — #3570 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Griselda

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,075 babies named Griselda between 1906 and 2024, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Griselda currently holds the #3570 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 307 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Griselda performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,299 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Griselda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,847 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Griselda in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Griselda 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 9,075 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.