girls:
718 births since 1979
#4998 (13th percentile)
boys:
47.8k births since 1881
#516 (89th percentile)
overall:
48.5k births since 1881
#1100 (86th percentile)
The name Griffin is the #1,100 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 48,512 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 85.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 85.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #516 (88.8% percentile) for all time with 47,794 births since 1881. For girls, it ranks #4,998 (12.5% percentile) for all time with 718 births since 1979.
Griffin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1979 for girls). Birth data for Griffin is available in 135 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (135 years for boys and 44 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Griffin has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Griffin reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 76.9% percentile (ranked #211) with 940 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 940 births per million (ranked 76.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Griffin is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #211 (76.9% percentile) with 940 births per million.
For girls, Griffin reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #831) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Griffin ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 64.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Griffin".
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