Meaning not yet researched.
Grant: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,555 in 2025. Its best rank was #115 in 1997.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #115 in 1997; #228 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Grant in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#228 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1997, at #115.
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Grant: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,555 boys in 2025. Peak: #115 in 1997 · most boys in one year: 3,315 (1997).
In 2025, 1,555 US boys were named Grant, making it the 228th most common boys’ name of the year, up 13 places from #241 in 2024. That is 97 more than the 1,458 boys named Grant in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #115, reached in 1997. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,315. For comparison, it was #177 in 2015 and #317 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Grant in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 52 babies with the name. In all, 136,669 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 28,453 babies named Grant.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 18,583 US boys were named Grant; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,352. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,098 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Grant ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #78 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Granth are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Granth (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Grant in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 20 | #78 | #200 |
| Maine | 12 | #113 | #184 |
| Wisconsin | 51 | #119 | #122 |
| West Virginia | 15 | #135 | #168 |
| Virginia | 65 | #138 | #136 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #147 | #130 |
| Connecticut | 22 | #158 | #174 |
| Ohio | 87 | #158 | #113 |
| Utah | 34 | #162 | #121 |
| Pennsylvania | 79 | #164 | #122 |
| Massachusetts | 40 | #168 | #153 |
| Illinois | 65 | #182 | #181 |
| Montana | 7 | #184 | #258 |
| Arkansas | 20 | #184 | #179 |
| Nebraska | 14 | #190 | #109 |
| Nevada | 16 | #194 | #132 |
| Kentucky | 29 | #194 | #123 |
| Colorado | 33 | #201 | #163 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #208 | #165 |
| Iowa | 19 | #211 | #118 |
| Tennessee | 42 | #212 | #163 |
| Maryland | 27 | #216 | #138 |
| Missouri | 33 | #216 | #103 |
| Idaho | 12 | #221 | #147 |
| Indiana | 38 | #221 | #121 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #235 | #191 |
| Michigan | 43 | #236 | #143 |
| Arizona | 34 | #239 | #267 |
| Kansas | 16 | #239 | #150 |
| New Jersey | 40 | #241 | #233 |
| Washington | 32 | #243 | #198 |
| New York | 78 | #247 | #224 |
| Georgia | 50 | #250 | #168 |
| Alabama | 22 | #252 | #201 |
| Louisiana | 20 | #259 | #137 |
| Florida | 80 | #263 | #223 |
| Minnesota | 23 | #269 | #135 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #278 | #237 |
| North Carolina | 44 | #280 | #174 |
| Oregon | 14 | #300 | #245 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #300 | #269 |
| California | 112 | #324 | #234 |
| Texas | 86 | #411 | #225 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #440 | #344 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,555 | #228 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,458 | #241 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,541 | #228 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,672 | #220 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,790 | #214 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,771 | #213 |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,391 | 1,983 | #198 |
| 2018 | — | — | 2,167 | #184 |
| 2017 | — | — | 2,294 | #173 |
| 2016 | — | — | 2,352 | #171 |
| 2015 | — | — | 2,361 | #177 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,317 | 2,646 | #155 |
| 2013 | — | — | 2,419 | #169 |
| 2012 | — | — | 2,470 | #163 |
| 2011 | — | — | 2,541 | #151 |
| 2010 | — | — | 2,537 | #155 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,203 | 2,728 | #145 |
| 2008 | — | — | 2,866 | #143 |
| 2007 | — | — | 2,569 | #161 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,790 | 2,688 | #155 |
| 2005 | 6 | #15,149 | 2,658 | #154 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,469 | 2,814 | #141 |
| 2003 | — | — | 2,917 | #137 |
| 2002 | — | — | 3,078 | #127 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,207 | 2,924 | #135 |
| 2000 | — | — | 3,174 | #123 |
| 1999 | — | — | 2,939 | #128 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,960 | 3,014 | #127 |
| 1997 | — | — | 3,315 | #115 |
| 1996 | — | — | 3,205 | #119 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,211 | 3,206 | #116 |
| 1994 | — | — | 2,278 | #152 |
| 1993 | — | — | 2,160 | #151 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,800 | 1,913 | #167 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,029 | 1,733 | #182 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,733 | 1,694 | #183 |
| 1989 | — | — | 1,680 | #180 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,316 | 1,625 | #172 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,110 | 1,565 | #175 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,268 | 1,484 | #179 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,616 | 1,652 | #166 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,991 | 1,589 | #169 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,903 | 1,550 | #167 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,534 | 1,169 | #211 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,483 | 1,101 | #222 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,977 | 1,107 | #217 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,541 | 1,010 | #226 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,287 | 817 | #249 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,811 | 725 | #270 |
| 1976 | — | — | 717 | #270 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,556 | 719 | #269 |
| 1974 | — | — | 617 | #300 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,755 | 575 | #304 |
| 1972 | — | — | 577 | #318 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,850 | 661 | #299 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,427 | 782 | #271 |
| 1969 | — | — | 658 | #295 |
| 1968 | — | — | 573 | #316 |
| 1967 | — | — | 577 | #307 |
| 1966 | — | — | 626 | #295 |
| 1965 | — | — | 619 | #302 |
| 1964 | — | — | 669 | #303 |
| 1963 | — | — | 780 | #276 |
| 1962 | — | — | 772 | #278 |
| 1961 | — | — | 813 | #275 |
| 1960 | — | — | 718 | #293 |
| 1959 | — | — | 590 | #320 |
| 1958 | — | — | 587 | #313 |
| 1957 | — | — | 639 | #298 |
| 1956 | — | — | 613 | #300 |
| 1955 | — | — | 610 | #290 |
| 1954 | — | — | 620 | #282 |
| 1953 | — | — | 551 | #300 |
| 1952 | — | — | 550 | #303 |
| 1951 | — | — | 504 | #309 |
| 1950 | — | — | 469 | #317 |
| 1949 | — | — | 465 | #314 |
| 1948 | — | — | 419 | #327 |
| 1947 | — | — | 451 | #323 |
| 1946 | — | — | 388 | #326 |
| 1945 | — | — | 343 | #321 |
| 1944 | — | — | 390 | #306 |
| 1943 | — | — | 417 | #302 |
| 1942 | — | — | 403 | #304 |
| 1941 | — | — | 373 | #300 |
| 1940 | — | — | 317 | #315 |
| 1939 | — | — | 290 | #323 |
| 1938 | — | — | 285 | #329 |
| 1937 | — | — | 275 | #328 |
| 1936 | — | — | 251 | #343 |
| 1935 | — | — | 288 | #322 |
| 1934 | — | — | 271 | #331 |
| 1933 | — | — | 253 | #334 |
| 1932 | — | — | 271 | #334 |
| 1931 | — | — | 261 | #337 |
| 1930 | — | — | 304 | #318 |
| 1929 | — | — | 296 | #321 |
| 1928 | — | — | 309 | #319 |
| 1927 | — | — | 347 | #308 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,170 | 333 | #310 |
| 1925 | — | — | 373 | #297 |
| 1924 | — | — | 368 | #296 |
| 1923 | — | — | 381 | #287 |
| 1922 | — | — | 417 | #276 |
| 1921 | — | — | 411 | #274 |
| 1920 | — | — | 391 | #282 |
| 1919 | — | — | 406 | #264 |
| 1918 | — | — | 435 | #254 |
| 1917 | — | — | 398 | #253 |
| 1916 | — | — | 351 | #273 |
| 1915 | — | — | 357 | #253 |
| 1914 | — | — | 253 | #275 |
| 1913 | — | — | 186 | #290 |
| 1912 | — | — | 169 | #272 |
| 1911 | — | — | 67 | #335 |
| 1910 | — | — | 96 | #245 |
| 1909 | — | — | 59 | #296 |
| 1908 | — | — | 79 | #235 |
| 1907 | — | — | 75 | #237 |
| 1906 | — | — | 64 | #247 |
| 1905 | — | — | 63 | #246 |
| 1904 | — | — | 58 | #250 |
| 1903 | — | — | 61 | #232 |
| 1902 | — | — | 54 | #253 |
| 1901 | — | — | 45 | #257 |
| 1900 | — | — | 82 | #218 |
| 1899 | — | — | 40 | #275 |
| 1898 | — | — | 52 | #244 |
| 1897 | — | — | 72 | #199 |
| 1896 | — | — | 71 | #212 |
| 1895 | — | — | 77 | #192 |
| 1894 | — | — | 62 | #215 |
| 1893 | — | — | 55 | #231 |
| 1892 | — | — | 64 | #219 |
| 1891 | — | — | 56 | #211 |
| 1890 | — | — | 65 | #203 |
| 1889 | — | — | 39 | #268 |
| 1888 | — | — | 45 | #266 |
| 1887 | — | — | 48 | #228 |
| 1886 | — | — | 69 | #195 |
| 1885 | — | — | 59 | #207 |
| 1884 | — | — | 41 | #265 |
| 1883 | — | — | 32 | #290 |
| 1882 | — | — | 41 | #268 |
| 1881 | — | — | 33 | #273 |
| 1880 | — | — | 52 | #228 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).