Recorded 2005–2021 Boys' name Peak 2009 31 births

Grissom — boys' name

31 babies named Grissom in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s212020s10
2000s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Grissom was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

9 babies were named Grissom in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Grissom

The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Grissom between 2005 and 2021, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Grissom currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Grissom performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Grissom shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Grissom 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 31 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.

Grissom at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

31

Since 2005

17 years of records

Peak year

2009

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

2005

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2021

Grissom popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2005

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2009)
9
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
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Grissom by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
21 births that decade — 68% of Grissom's all-time total
2000s212020s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Grissom?
31 babies have been named Grissom since 2005. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2009 with 9 births.
When was Grissom most popular?
Grissom was most popular in the 2000s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Grissom been used?
Grissom has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 17 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Grissom?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Griffin, Griffen, Griffith, Griffyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2005–2021 (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.