Meaning not yet researched.
Griffin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,627 in 2025. Its best rank was #214 in 2023.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #214 in 2023; #222 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Griffin in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#222 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2023, at #214.
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Griffin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,627 boys in 2025. Peak: #214 in 2023 · most boys in one year: 1,728 (2023).
In 2025, 1,627 US boys were named Griffin, making it the 222nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 1 place from #223 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 1,617 boys named Griffin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #214, reached in 2023. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,728. For comparison, it was #236 in 2015 and #2,065 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Griffin in 137 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 6 babies. In all, 51,809 US babies have been given the name, 1.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 16,258 babies named Griffin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 16,115 US boys were named Griffin; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 1,728. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,050 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Griffin ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #46 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 4 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Griffen (1,808 babies since 1880) and Gryffin (1,134 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Griffyn, Griffon and Gryffen 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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Griffyn (526), Griffon (231), Gryffen (12), Gryffon (11), Griffinn (10), Grifin (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 Griffin 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 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 27 | #46 | #79 |
| Maine | 18 | #64 | #103 |
| Vermont | 7 | #71 | #128 |
| North Dakota | 12 | #96 | #187 |
| Minnesota | 55 | #114 | #107 |
| Wisconsin | 51 | #120 | #160 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | #129 | #263 |
| Maryland | 42 | #140 | #231 |
| Michigan | 70 | #145 | #179 |
| Utah | 37 | #145 | #175 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #149 | #89 |
| Massachusetts | 46 | #154 | #167 |
| Alabama | 37 | #156 | #247 |
| Kentucky | 35 | #157 | #167 |
| Iowa | 27 | #158 | #144 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #158 | #206 |
| Montana | 8 | #161 | #259 |
| Colorado | 43 | #167 | #188 |
| Ohio | 80 | #168 | #173 |
| Kansas | 23 | #168 | #179 |
| Idaho | 16 | #170 | #157 |
| Nebraska | 16 | #177 | #208 |
| Tennessee | 53 | #178 | #206 |
| Missouri | 38 | #189 | #246 |
| Indiana | 45 | #190 | #163 |
| Connecticut | 18 | #191 | #191 |
| Oklahoma | 25 | #197 | #316 |
| North Carolina | 63 | #198 | #222 |
| Washington | 40 | #205 | #246 |
| Illinois | 57 | #207 | #189 |
| Georgia | 56 | #219 | #302 |
| Oregon | 19 | #224 | #263 |
| Pennsylvania | 54 | #226 | #244 |
| Arkansas | 16 | #227 | #194 |
| New York | 81 | #240 | #271 |
| Virginia | 34 | #255 | #271 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #273 | #191 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #279 | #192 |
| Nevada | 11 | #284 | #315 |
| Louisiana | 17 | #299 | #236 |
| New Jersey | 26 | #328 | #306 |
| Arizona | 23 | #336 | #393 |
| Florida | 57 | #340 | #343 |
| California | 103 | #344 | #325 |
| Texas | 70 | #479 | #413 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #489 | #257 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,788 | 1,627 | #222 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,247 | 1,617 | #223 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,622 | 1,728 | #214 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,698 | 1,540 | #230 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,827 | 1,592 | #232 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,339 | 1,492 | #241 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,815 | 1,624 | #232 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,269 | 1,678 | #224 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,130 | 1,522 | #243 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,045 | 1,695 | #230 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,897 | 1,614 | #236 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,860 | 1,537 | #243 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,160 | 1,623 | #225 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,247 | 1,652 | #220 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,951 | 1,581 | #227 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,021 | 1,517 | #232 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,193 | 1,558 | #232 |
| 2008 | 13 | #9,148 | 1,504 | #243 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,776 | 1,486 | #242 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,616 | 1,353 | #256 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,941 | 1,376 | #244 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,317 | 1,385 | #241 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,403 | 1,536 | #225 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,186 | 1,472 | #228 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,724 | 1,418 | #239 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,298 | 1,468 | #233 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,961 | 1,545 | #219 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,891 | 1,491 | #215 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,183 | 1,365 | #225 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,353 | 990 | #281 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,204 | 689 | #355 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,583 | 565 | #404 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,567 | 432 | #487 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,290 | 329 | #561 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,668 | 259 | #634 |
| 1990 | 12 | #7,027 | 277 | #604 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,286 | 248 | #636 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,319 | 232 | #621 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,974 | 252 | #571 |
| 1986 | — | — | 144 | #754 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,720 | 148 | #727 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,992 | 82 | #986 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,833 | 81 | #984 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,610 | 56 | #1,246 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,419 | 45 | #1,420 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,640 | 59 | #1,191 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,738 | 67 | #1,091 |
| 1978 | — | — | 64 | #1,090 |
| 1977 | — | — | 62 | #1,108 |
| 1976 | — | — | 56 | #1,148 |
| 1975 | — | — | 30 | #1,677 |
| 1974 | — | — | 23 | #1,949 |
| 1973 | — | — | 19 | #2,161 |
| 1972 | — | — | 12 | #2,893 |
| 1971 | — | — | 18 | #2,234 |
| 1970 | — | — | 15 | #2,436 |
| 1969 | — | — | 30 | #1,481 |
| 1968 | — | — | 14 | #2,240 |
| 1967 | — | — | 17 | #1,935 |
| 1966 | — | — | 10 | #2,690 |
| 1965 | — | — | 15 | #2,119 |
| 1964 | — | — | 15 | #2,152 |
| 1963 | — | — | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1962 | — | — | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1961 | — | — | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1960 | — | — | 13 | #2,364 |
| 1959 | — | — | 20 | #1,831 |
| 1958 | — | — | 20 | #1,795 |
| 1957 | — | — | 18 | #1,916 |
| 1956 | — | — | 13 | #2,316 |
| 1955 | — | — | 24 | #1,584 |
| 1954 | — | — | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1953 | — | — | 15 | #2,066 |
| 1952 | — | — | 19 | #1,770 |
| 1951 | — | — | 18 | #1,796 |
| 1950 | — | — | 14 | #2,065 |
| 1949 | — | — | 19 | #1,727 |
| 1948 | — | — | 20 | #1,675 |
| 1947 | — | — | 22 | #1,620 |
| 1946 | — | — | 23 | #1,486 |
| 1945 | — | — | 11 | #2,173 |
| 1944 | — | — | 16 | #1,769 |
| 1943 | — | — | 17 | #1,794 |
| 1942 | — | — | 13 | #2,082 |
| 1941 | — | — | 19 | #1,612 |
| 1940 | — | — | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1939 | — | — | 15 | #1,827 |
| 1938 | — | — | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1937 | — | — | 17 | #1,716 |
| 1936 | — | — | 12 | #2,112 |
| 1935 | — | — | 18 | #1,683 |
| 1934 | — | — | 17 | #1,747 |
| 1933 | — | — | 19 | #1,612 |
| 1932 | — | — | 14 | #2,040 |
| 1931 | — | — | 12 | #2,249 |
| 1930 | — | — | 13 | #2,228 |
| 1929 | — | — | 23 | #1,541 |
| 1928 | — | — | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1927 | — | — | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1926 | — | — | 25 | #1,488 |
| 1925 | — | — | 23 | #1,602 |
| 1924 | — | — | 23 | #1,650 |
| 1923 | — | — | 22 | #1,664 |
| 1922 | — | — | 18 | #1,919 |
| 1921 | — | — | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1920 | — | — | 24 | #1,563 |
| 1919 | — | — | 25 | #1,462 |
| 1918 | — | — | 23 | #1,561 |
| 1917 | — | — | 23 | #1,502 |
| 1916 | — | — | 19 | #1,660 |
| 1915 | — | — | 16 | #1,824 |
| 1914 | — | — | 22 | #1,286 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,471 |
| 1912 | — | — | 14 | #1,304 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,072 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,250 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,055 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #878 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #866 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,281 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #815 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,066 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #803 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,057 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #994 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,163 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,149 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,141 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #895 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #839 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #839 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #986 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,000 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #806 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #998 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #817 |
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).