Grant

Where Grant comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.
— Wiktionary's entry for Grant
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #225 among boys — 52 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Grant Wood born
    American painter
  3. 1990
    Grant Gustin born
    American actor and singer
  4. 1997
    Peak, #115
    3,315 babies named Grant — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #228.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Grant Wood · American painter, 1891–1942
  • Grant Gustin · American actor and singer, born 1990
  • Grant Holloway · American athlete, born 1997
  • Grant Hill · American basketball player, born 1972
  • Grant Imahara · American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host, and actor, 1970–2020

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.