Griffith

boys:

1.5k births since 1899

#3144 (31st percentile)

overall:

1.5k births since 1899

#6236 (19th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Griffith is the #6,236 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,509 recorded births since 1899. This represents the 19.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,144 (31.4% percentile) for all time with 1,509 births since 1899.

Griffith first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1899 (first recorded for boys in 1899). Birth data for Griffith is available in 109 out of the 125 years between 1899 and 2023. 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.

For boys, Griffith reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #510) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1899, with 61 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Griffith ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 14.4% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Griffith".

1899 2023 18992023

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,509
Peak Births
26
Peak Year
1918
First Recorded
1899
Peak Percentile
4.0%
Current Percentile
1.2%
Peak Rank
#510
Current Rank
#900
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Griffith

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Griffith. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 67.9% confident that Griffith is pronounced as GRIH-fihth, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GRIH-fuhth, at 17.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

GRIH-fihth (2 syllables)
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67.9% confidence
G R IH1 F IH0 TH
GRIH-fuhth (2 syllables)
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17.0% confidence
G R IH1 F AH0 TH
GRIH-feeth (2 syllables)
15.1% confidence
G R IH1 F IY0 TH

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like G R IH1 F IH0 TH) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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