Granite

Peak · boys
2016 · 11 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
98
since 1998

Granite over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Granite has never cracked the top 7,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #7,157, 2016boys
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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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2017#8,8408
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2013#9,6557
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five boys were named Granite! It came in at #8,479, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2001–2004, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Granite is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Granite in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Granite
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2016 at #7,157 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 172,522
  • Highest: 1 in 172,522 boys born in 2016 were named Granite (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 249,430 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.9% of all boys named Granite (45) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s11#8,479 (1998)#9,196
2000s35#7,416 (2000)#9,611
2010s45#7,157 (2016)#9,555
2020s7#9,823 (2022)#9,823

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.

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