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
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 3,315 births
- Debut · boys
- 52 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 136,462since 1880
Grant over time
Rank among boys' names. Grant has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #228 | 1,555 | |
| 2024 | — | #241 | 1,458 | |
| 2023 | — | #228 | 1,541 | |
| 2022 | — | #220 | 1,672 | |
| 2021 | — | #213 | 1,790 | |
| 2020 | — | #213 | 1,771 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #198 | 1,983 |
| 2018 | — | #184 | 2,167 | |
| 2017 | — | #173 | 2,294 | |
| 2016 | — | #171 | 2,352 | |
| 2015 | — | #177 | 2,361 | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #155 | 2,646 |
| 2013 | — | #169 | 2,419 | |
| 2012 | — | #163 | 2,470 | |
| 2011 | — | #151 | 2,541 | |
| 2010 | — | #155 | 2,537 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #145 | 2,728 |
| 2008 | — | #143 | 2,866 | |
| 2007 | — | #161 | 2,569 | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #155 | 2,688 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #154 | 2,658 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #141 | 2,814 |
| 2003 | — | #137 | 2,917 | |
| 2002 | — | #127 | 3,078 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #135 | 2,924 |
| 2000 | — | #123 | 3,174 | |
| 1999 | — | #128 | 2,939 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #127 | 3,014 |
| 1997 | — | #115 | 3,315 | |
| 1996 | — | #119 | 3,205 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #116 | 3,206 |
| 1994 | — | #152 | 2,278 | |
| 1993 | — | #151 | 2,160 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #167 | 1,913 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #182 | 1,733 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #183 | 1,694 |
| 1989 | — | #180 | 1,680 | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #172 | 1,625 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #175 | 1,565 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #179 | 1,484 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #166 | 1,652 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #169 | 1,589 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #167 | 1,550 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #211 | 1,169 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #222 | 1,101 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #217 | 1,107 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #226 | 1,010 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #249 | 817 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #270 | 725 |
| 1976 | — | #270 | 717 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #269 | 719 |
| 1974 | — | #300 | 617 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #304 | 575 |
| 1972 | — | #318 | 577 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #299 | 661 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #271 | 782 |
| 1969 | — | #295 | 658 | |
| 1968 | — | #316 | 573 | |
| 1967 | — | #307 | 577 | |
| 1966 | — | #295 | 626 | |
| 1965 | — | #302 | 619 | |
| 1964 | — | #303 | 669 | |
| 1963 | — | #276 | 780 | |
| 1962 | — | #278 | 772 | |
| 1961 | — | #275 | 813 | |
| 1960 | — | #293 | 718 | |
| 1959 | — | #320 | 590 | |
| 1958 | — | #313 | 587 | |
| 1957 | — | #298 | 639 | |
| 1956 | — | #300 | 613 | |
| 1955 | — | #290 | 610 | |
| 1954 | — | #282 | 620 | |
| 1953 | — | #300 | 551 | |
| 1952 | — | #303 | 550 | |
| 1951 | — | #309 | 504 | |
| 1950 | — | #317 | 469 | |
| 1949 | — | #314 | 465 | |
| 1948 | — | #327 | 419 | |
| 1947 | — | #323 | 451 | |
| 1946 | — | #326 | 388 | |
| 1945 | — | #321 | 343 | |
| 1944 | — | #306 | 390 | |
| 1943 | — | #301 | 417 | |
| 1942 | — | #304 | 403 | |
| 1941 | — | #299 | 373 | |
| 1940 | — | #314 | 317 | |
| 1939 | — | #323 | 290 | |
| 1938 | — | #329 | 285 | |
| 1937 | — | #327 | 275 | |
| 1936 | — | #342 | 251 | |
| 1935 | — | #320 | 288 | |
| 1934 | — | #329 | 271 | |
| 1933 | — | #334 | 253 | |
| 1932 | — | #333 | 271 | |
| 1931 | — | #337 | 261 | |
| 1930 | — | #317 | 304 | |
| 1929 | — | #321 | 296 | |
| 1928 | — | #319 | 309 | |
| 1927 | — | #308 | 347 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #310 | 333 |
| 1925 | — | #297 | 373 | |
| 1924 | — | #296 | 368 | |
| 1923 | — | #287 | 381 | |
| 1922 | — | #276 | 417 | |
| 1921 | — | #274 | 411 | |
| 1920 | — | #282 | 391 | |
| 1919 | — | #264 | 406 | |
| 1918 | — | #254 | 435 | |
| 1917 | — | #252 | 398 | |
| 1916 | — | #273 | 351 | |
| 1915 | — | #252 | 357 | |
| 1914 | — | #275 | 253 | |
| 1913 | — | #290 | 186 | |
| 1912 | — | #271 | 169 | |
| 1911 | — | #335 | 67 | |
| 1910 | — | #244 | 96 | |
| 1909 | — | #296 | 59 | |
| 1908 | — | #235 | 79 | |
| 1907 | — | #237 | 75 | |
| 1906 | — | #246 | 64 | |
| 1905 | — | #246 | 63 | |
| 1904 | — | #249 | 58 | |
| 1903 | — | #232 | 61 | |
| 1902 | — | #252 | 54 | |
| 1901 | — | #255 | 45 | |
| 1900 | — | #218 | 82 | |
| 1899 | — | #274 | 40 | |
| 1898 | — | #244 | 52 | |
| 1897 | — | #199 | 72 | |
| 1896 | — | #211 | 71 | |
| 1895 | — | #192 | 77 | |
| 1894 | — | #215 | 62 | |
| 1893 | — | #229 | 55 | |
| 1892 | — | #219 | 64 | |
| 1891 | — | #211 | 56 | |
| 1890 | — | #203 | 65 | |
| 1889 | — | #266 | 39 | |
| 1888 | — | #262 | 45 | |
| 1887 | — | #227 | 48 | |
| 1886 | — | #194 | 69 | |
| 1885 | — | #206 | 59 | |
| 1884 | — | #265 | 41 | |
| 1883 | — | #289 | 32 | |
| 1882 | — | #267 | 41 | |
| 1881 | — | #273 | 33 | |
| 1880 | — | #225 | 52 | |
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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#42 · 1 in 149
- Iowa#60 · 1 in 204
- Kansas#64 · 1 in 229
- Minnesota#74 · 1 in 271
- Missouri#77 · 1 in 318
Best ever in a state: #14 in Utah, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #42 | 67 | 1 in 149 |
| Iowa | #60 | 80 | 1 in 204 |
| Kansas | #64 | 69 | 1 in 229 |
| Minnesota | #74 | 105 | 1 in 271 |
| Missouri | #77 | 109 | 1 in 318 |
| Ohio | #77 | 209 | 1 in 335 |
| Indiana | #81 | 113 | 1 in 337 |
| North Dakota | #83 | 14 | 1 in 252 |
| Arkansas | #87 | 41 | 1 in 352 |
| Louisiana | #87 | 74 | 1 in 368 |
| Michigan | #93 | 143 | 1 in 417 |
| Oregon | #95 | 55 | 1 in 363 |
| Oklahoma | #101 | 54 | 1 in 383 |
| Maryland | #104 | 53 | 1 in 537 |
| Tennessee | #104 | 72 | 1 in 501 |
| Illinois | #106 | 169 | 1 in 475 |
| Montana | #106 | 12 | 1 in 333 |
| Wisconsin | #106 | 65 | 1 in 446 |
| Colorado | #114 | 57 | 1 in 459 |
| South Dakota | #114 | 10 | 1 in 398 |
| Washington | #116 | 70 | 1 in 492 |
| Pennsylvania | #118 | 108 | 1 in 618 |
| West Virginia | #118 | 16 | 1 in 557 |
| North Carolina | #119 | 78 | 1 in 622 |
| Delaware | #120 | 7 | 1 in 555 |
| Alaska | #122 | 7 | 1 in 474 |
| Georgia | #123 | 77 | 1 in 670 |
| Virginia | #123 | 60 | 1 in 661 |
| Kentucky | #127 | 36 | 1 in 651 |
| New Hampshire | #137 | 9 | 1 in 673 |
| Idaho | #139 | 15 | 1 in 507 |
| Texas | #144 | 265 | 1 in 606 |
| Connecticut | #147 | 21 | 1 in 887 |
| Maine | #157 | 7 | 1 in 812 |
| Mississippi | #157 | 20 | 1 in 767 |
| Alabama | #160 | 29 | 1 in 870 |
| Hawaii | #161 | 8 | 1 in 646 |
| South Carolina | #162 | 24 | 1 in 855 |
| California | #178 | 288 | 1 in 845 |
| New Jersey | #188 | 37 | 1 in 1,315 |
| Arizona | #192 | 41 | 1 in 850 |
| Florida | #194 | 78 | 1 in 1,111 |
| Massachusetts | #194 | 24 | 1 in 1,529 |
| Nevada | #196 | 13 | 1 in 870 |
| Utah | #209 | 19 | 1 in 1,036 |
| District of Columbia | #240 | 5 | 1 in 987 |
| New York | #250 | 69 | 1 in 1,671 |
| New Mexico | #361 | 5 | 1 in 2,158 |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Grant
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1997 at #115 (3,315 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 569 boys born in 1997 were named Grant (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,098 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 20.8% of all boys named Grant (28,416) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 459 | #194 (1886) | #247 |
| 1890s | 614 | #192 (1895) | #220 |
| 1900s | 640 | #218 (1900) | #247 |
| 1910s | 2,718 | #244 (1910) | #271 |
| 1920s | 3,626 | #274 (1921) | #297 |
| 1930s | 2,749 | #317 (1930) | #329 |
| 1940s | 3,966 | #299 (1941) | #314 |
| 1950s | 5,733 | #282 (1954) | #303 |
| 1960s | 6,805 | #275 (1961) | #294 |
| 1970s | 7,200 | #226 (1979) | #278 |
| 1980s | 14,522 | #166 (1985) | #186 |
| 1990s | 25,457 | #115 (1997) | #144 |
| 2000s | 28,416 | #123 (2000) | #142 |
| 2010s | 23,770 | #151 (2011) | #170 |
| 2020s | 9,787 | #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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 353,390 of them was named Grant, which outranked 14.9% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,479 names at #14,122; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 634 of them was named Grant, which outranked 98.9% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.