Grant

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · #228 for boys in 2025, 1,555 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1997 · 3,315 births
Debut · boys
52 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
136,462
since 1880

Grant over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Grant has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #115, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2281,555
2024—#2411,458
2023—#2281,541
2022—#2201,672
2021—#2131,790
2020—#2131,771
2019#15,5395#1981,983
2018—#1842,167
2017—#1732,294
2016—#1712,352
2015—#1772,361
2014#11,9318#1552,646
2013—#1692,419
2012—#1632,470
2011—#1512,541
2010—#1552,537
2009#13,7047#1452,728
2008—#1432,866
2007—#1612,569
2006#12,4208#1552,688
2005#14,5026#1542,658
2004#9,26411#1412,814
2003—#1372,917
2002—#1273,078
2001#15,3525#1352,924
2000—#1233,174
1999—#1282,939
1998#14,1225#1273,014
1997—#1153,315
1996—#1193,205
1995#13,3865#1163,206
1994—#1522,278
1993—#1512,160
1992#9,4918#1671,913
1991#11,5096#1821,733
1990#12,9585#1831,694
1989—#1801,680
1988#7,11110#1721,625
1987#8,7787#1751,565
1986#5,18814#1791,484
1985#6,45710#1661,652
1984#6,8109#1691,589
1983#6,7059#1671,550
1982#8,2247#2111,169
1981#9,1106#2221,101
1980#6,7899#2171,107
1979#7,3138#2261,010
1978#9,7505#249817
1977#8,4446#270725
1976—#270717
1975#9,0675#269719
1974—#300617
1973#7,4356#304575
1972—#318577
1971#6,6197#299661
1970#7,9955#271782
1969—#295658
1968—#316573
1967—#307577
1966—#295626
1965—#302619
1964—#303669
1963—#276780
1962—#278772
1961—#275813
1960—#293718
1959—#320590
1958—#313587
1957—#298639
1956—#300613
1955—#290610
1954—#282620
1953—#300551
1952—#303550
1951—#309504
1950—#317469
1949—#314465
1948—#327419
1947—#323451
1946—#326388
1945—#321343
1944—#306390
1943—#301417
1942—#304403
1941—#299373
1940—#314317
1939—#323290
1938—#329285
1937—#327275
1936—#342251
1935—#320288
1934—#329271
1933—#334253
1932—#333271
1931—#337261
1930—#317304
1929—#321296
1928—#319309
1927—#308347
1926#4,8515#310333
1925—#297373
1924—#296368
1923—#287381
1922—#276417
1921—#274411
1920—#282391
1919—#264406
1918—#254435
1917—#252398
1916—#273351
1915—#252357
1914—#275253
1913—#290186
1912—#271169
1911—#33567
1910—#24496
1909—#29659
1908—#23579
1907—#23775
1906—#24664
1905—#24663
1904—#24958
1903—#23261
1902—#25254
1901—#25545
1900—#21882
1899—#27440
1898—#24452
1897—#19972
1896—#21171
1895—#19277
1894—#21562
1893—#22955
1892—#21964
1891—#21156
1890—#20365
1889—#26639
1888—#26245
1887—#22748
1886—#19469
1885—#20659
1884—#26541
1883—#28932
1882—#26741
1881—#27333
1880—#22552
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Grant was already there! It came in at #225, and was given to 52 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 42 boys a year got the name.

Where Grant is popular in 1887

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Grant
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 13 spots since 2024 (#241 → #228)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#213 → #228)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#177 → #228)
  • Biggest jump: 64 spots in 1912 (#335 → #271)
  • Biggest drop: 91 spots in 1911 (#244 → #335)
Rise & fade · boys
117 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1997 at #115 (3,315 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 569
  • Highest: 1 in 569 boys born in 1997 were named Grant (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,098 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.8% of all boys named Grant (28,416) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s459#194 (1886)#247
1890s614#192 (1895)#220
1900s640#218 (1900)#247
1910s2,718#244 (1910)#271
1920s3,626#274 (1921)#297
1930s2,749#317 (1930)#329
1940s3,966#299 (1941)#314
1950s5,733#282 (1954)#303
1960s6,805#275 (1961)#294
1970s7,200#226 (1979)#278
1980s14,522#166 (1985)#186
1990s25,457#115 (1997)#144
2000s28,416#123 (2000)#142
2010s23,770#151 (2011)#170
2020s9,787#213 (2021)#224

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.

Grant in 1887

boys
#227
48 births · 1 in 2,113 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #227Grant48
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 2,113 of them was named Grant, which outranked 78.7% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grant
  1. #224Karl49
  2. #224Lon49
  3. #224Roland49
  4. #227Grant48
  5. #227Bennie48
  6. #227Joel48
  7. #230Arch47
  8. #230Austin47
  9. #230Byron47

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 539Carey#959 → #420
  2. ↑ 521Santiago#959 → #438
  3. ↑ 471Annie#959 → #488
  4. ↑ 471Roderick#959 → #488
  5. ↑ 453Morton#845 → #392
Fallers
  1. ↓ 430Dell#491 → #921
  2. ↓ 420Hardy#332 → #752
  3. ↓ 409Brady#512 → #921
  4. ↓ 381Walton#540 → #921
  5. ↓ 368Milford#451 → #819

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

See the top 100 for 1887 →