Girls' name · since 1964
Grizelda
Grizelda has 187 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,250 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 187
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Grizelda currently ranks #15250 among girls' names in America, with 187 babies recorded since 1964.
Grizelda has 187 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15250 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #20,501 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,250 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 187 born since 1964
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grizelda ranks #20,501 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,250 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 187 born since 1964, peaking in the 1970s.
- #20,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,250 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 187
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Grizelda's 187 recorded births place it above 71.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Grizelda compares
187 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Grizelda's all-time total is 50% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Grizelda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 187 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Grizelda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Grizelda's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1964, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Grizelda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (1976)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Grizelda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (62 births, 33% of the file).
1970s was Grizelda's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Grizelda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
62 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 62 births (33% of all-time use).
Grizelda by state
Where Grizelda concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 40 | 21.4% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 3.2% |
40 of 187 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Grizelda's data
- Grizelda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Grizeldas (40 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Grizelda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1964–2025 (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 Grizelda 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.