Boys' name · since 2016
Grizzly
98 babies named Grizzly in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,533 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,635 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 98
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Grizzly is the #11635 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 98 recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grizzly has been recorded 98 times among boys since 2016, currently ranked #11635 nationally and more common than 16% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #17,533 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,635 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 98 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grizzly ranks #17,533 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,635 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 98 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,533 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,635 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 98
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Grizzly's 98 recorded births place it above 61.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Grizzly compares
98 26th 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
Grizzly's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Grizzly | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 98 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Grizzly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Grizzly's full recorded timeline at 2021, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Grizzly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Grizzly by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (63 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Grizzly's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Grizzly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 63 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Grizzly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Grizzly 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.