boys:
1.8k births since 1985
#2955 (36th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1985
#5979 (23rd percentile)
The name Griffen is the #5,979 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,774 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 22.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,955 (35.5% percentile) for all time with 1,774 births since 1985.
Griffen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (first recorded for boys in 1985).
For boys, Griffen reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 13.1% percentile (ranked #700) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 54 births per million (ranked 13.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Griffen ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 30.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Griffen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Griffen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.3% confident that Griffen is pronounced as GRIH-fuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GRIH-fihn, at 18.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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