Griffith
- #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,550since 1899
Griffith over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Griffith has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,539 | 22 |
| 2024 | #5,067 | 19 |
| 2023 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #4,494 | 22 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #4,354 | 23 |
| 2017 | #4,105 | 25 |
| 2016 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #2,838 | 26 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,850 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #1,486 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,503 | 25 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #1,404 | 26 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1899
The first year at least five boys were named Griffith! It came in at #857, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Griffith is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| 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 Griffith
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,441 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #4,539)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1899 at #857 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1900, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,173
- Highest: 1 in 15,173 boys born in 1899 were named Griffith (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 13.0% of all boys named Griffith (202) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #857 (1899) | #857 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 95 | #1,404 (1918) | #2,072 |
| 1920s | 148 | #1,503 (1922) | #2,191 |
| 1930s | 90 | #1,872 (1936) | #2,573 |
| 1940s | 125 | #1,486 (1943) | #2,226 |
| 1950s | 136 | #1,749 (1952) | #2,242 |
| 1960s | 117 | #1,757 (1962) | #2,483 |
| 1970s | 81 | #3,018 (1979) | #3,876 |
| 1980s | 117 | #2,838 (1987) | #3,992 |
| 1990s | 202 | #2,786 (1993) | #3,408 |
| 2000s | 165 | #3,941 (2005) | #5,046 |
| 2010s | 161 | #4,105 (2017) | #5,720 |
| 2020s | 106 | #4,494 (2021) | #5,371 |
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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