Griffen

#5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births

Peak · boys
1999 · 110 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,808
since 1985

Griffen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Griffen has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #1,174, 1999boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,39917
2024#5,44317
2023#3,71230
2022#3,99527
2021#3,24236
2020#3,91826
2019#3,79428
2018#3,89127
2017#3,19336
2016#3,68129
2015#3,14936
2014#3,78727
2013#3,06036
2012#2,38053
2011#2,47850
2010#2,16961
2009#2,05067
2008#1,96972
2007#1,99570
2006#1,91970
2005#2,00862
2004#1,65378
2003#1,49786
2002#1,47486
2001#1,51480
2000#1,36193
1999#1,174110
1998#1,33889
1997#1,29488
1996#1,43472
1995#2,25335
1994#2,95124
1993#2,45530
1992#8,4355
1991#7,2716
1990#4,16713
1989#5,1659
1988#6,4266
1987#5,4597
1986#4,8538
1985#5,7856
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First appearance
1985

The first year at least five boys were named Griffen! It came in at #5,785, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1991–1992, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Griffen is popular in 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,075 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 13,369 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedMINew York: #1,641 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 22,317 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedINOhio: #971 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 13,648 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,916 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 40,781 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Griffen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Ohio#971 · 1 in 13,648
  2. Illinois#1,075 · 1 in 13,369
  3. New York#1,641 · 1 in 22,317
  4. California#1,916 · 1 in 40,781

Best ever in a state: #487 in Utah, 1998.

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Ohio#97151 in 13,648
Illinois#1,07561 in 13,369
New York#1,64151 in 22,317
California#1,91661 in 40,781
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See more about Griffen
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #5,399)
  • 1,481 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #5,399)
  • 2,250 spots since 2015 (#3,149 → #5,399)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1985
  • Peaked 1999 at #1,174 (110 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 12 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 17,456
  • Highest: 1 in 17,456 boys born in 1999 were named Griffen (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 42.3% of all boys named Griffen (764) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s36#4,853 (1986)#5,538
1990s472#1,174 (1999)#3,277
2000s764#1,361 (2000)#1,744
2010s383#2,169 (2010)#3,158
2020s153#3,242 (2021)#4,285

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.

Griffen in 2001

boys
#1,514
80 births · 1 in 24,286 boys

Top boys' names in 2001

  1. #1Jacob32,573
  2. #2Michael29,689
  3. #3Matthew26,812
  4. #4Joshua26,024
  5. #5Christopher23,132
  6. #6Nicholas22,849
  7. #7Andrew22,422
  8. #8Joseph22,030
  9. #9Daniel21,013
  10. #10William20,110
  11. #1,514Griffen80
More about 2001

boys

1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 24,286 of them was named Griffen, which outranked 87.7% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Griffen
  1. #1,502Payne81
  2. #1,502Reggie81
  3. #1,502Tim81
  4. #1,514Griffen80
  5. #1,514Erwin80
  6. #1,514Ishaan80
  7. #1,514Ismail80
  8. #1,527Colter79
  9. #1,527Dustyn79
  10. #1,527Edmond79

Tied with 12 names at #1,514; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,879Jaheim#6,316 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,128Imanol#2,049 → #921
  3. ↑ 730Jagger#1,391 → #661
  4. ↑ 539Maximus#850 → #311
  5. ↑ 461Daunte#1,429 → #968
Fallers
  1. ↓ 476Tyreek#914 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 466Tyrique#949 → #1,415
  3. ↓ 456Infant#765 → #1,221
  4. ↓ 423Deion#893 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 291Nicklaus#986 → #1,277

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

See the top 100 for 2001 →