Granger

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #1,634 for boys in 2025, 103 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2021 · 234 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,147
since 1912

Granger over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Granger has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,634103
2024—#1,256157
2023—#1,144183
2022#13,5926#1,069205
2021—#957234
2020—#1,069187
2019—#1,188161
2018—#1,261145
2017—#1,384127
2016—#1,522110
2015—#2,18962
2014—#2,98538
2013—#3,26533
2012—#4,86219
2011—#5,67515
2010—#6,03614
2009—#5,80015
2008—#5,48716
2007—#6,26213
2006—#6,90411
2005—#6,63411
2004—#8,1438
2003—#7,2459
2002—#5,72512
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2000—#6,31610
1999—#7,1398
1998—#4,87313
1997—#5,64210
1996—#7,9716
1995—#6,9927
1994—#5,8689
1993—#5,36010
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1990—#7,1786
1989—#6,9416
1988—#5,7517
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1986—#5,3327
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1983—#5,4846
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1980—#4,4958
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1977—#4,1648
1976—#4,0128
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1973—#5,1015
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1966—#3,2497
1965—#3,2447
1964—#3,2827
1963—#4,0485
1962—#3,3057
1961—#2,9009
1960—#3,0778
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Granger! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Granger is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedNHWashington: #959 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,633 boysWAIdaho: #389 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,548 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,031 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,806 boysILWisconsin: #475 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,394 boysWIMichigan: #983 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,119 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedSDIowa: #440 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,939 boysIAIndiana: #633 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,607 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,965 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 27,088 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedNEMissouri: #629 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,562 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedDEArizona: #877 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,392 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedARTennessee: #599 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,407 boysTNNorth Carolina: #1,056 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,157 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedMSAlabama: #485 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,419 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Granger, so not publishedHITexas: #1,091 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 9,403 boysTXFlorida: #1,372 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,887 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#389 · 1 in 1,548
  2. Iowa#440 · 1 in 1,939
  3. Wisconsin#475 · 1 in 2,394
  4. Alabama#485 · 1 in 2,419
  5. Tennessee#599 · 1 in 3,407

Best ever in a state: #336 in West Virginia, 2022.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#38951 in 1,548
Iowa#44071 in 1,939
Wisconsin#475101 in 2,394
Alabama#48591 in 2,419
Tennessee#599101 in 3,407
Missouri#62981 in 3,562
Indiana#63391 in 3,607
Arizona#87751 in 6,392
Washington#95951 in 6,633
Michigan#98361 in 7,119
Illinois#1,03171 in 7,806
North Carolina#1,05661 in 8,157
Texas#1,091181 in 9,403
Florida#1,37271 in 12,887
California#1,96571 in 27,088
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Granger
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 378 spots since 2024 (#1,256 → #1,634)
  • 565 spots since 2020 (#1,069 → #1,634)
  • 555 spots since 2015 (#2,189 → #1,634)
  • Biggest jump: 112 spots in 2021 (#1,069 → #957)
  • Biggest drop: 112 spots in 2022 (#957 → #1,069)
Rise & fade · boys
109 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 2021 at #957 (234 births)
  • Births halved by 2025, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2021
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,476
  • Highest: 1 in 7,476 boys born in 2021 were named Granger (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,583 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 49.8% of all boys named Granger (1,069) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s20#2,544 (1912)#2,977
1920s0——
1930s5#3,776 (1932)#3,776
1940s6#3,173 (1946)#3,173
1950s23#2,531 (1953)#3,060
1960s60#2,861 (1969)#3,246
1970s32#4,012 (1976)#4,737
1980s34#4,495 (1980)#5,601
1990s69#4,873 (1998)#6,378
2000s105#5,487 (2008)#6,502
2010s724#1,188 (2019)#3,037
2020s1,069#957 (2021)#1,188

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Granger in 2020

boys
#1,069
187 births · 1 in 9,230 boys

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #1,069Granger187
More about 2020

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 9,230 of them was named Granger, which outranked 92.4% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Granger
  1. #1,064Kendall188
  2. #1,064Ronnie188
  3. #1,064Ulysses188
  4. #1,069Granger187
  5. #1,069Benedict187
  6. #1,069Coleson187
  7. #1,069Kruz187
  8. #1,074Braydon186
  9. #1,074Mikael186
  10. #1,074Reyansh186

Tied with 4 names at #1,069; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2020 →