Griffyn
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453
- #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Given to boys 89.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 29 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 468since 1997
Griffyn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,208 | 18 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,433 | 23 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,802 | 29 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,247 | 24 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #3,811 | 27 |
| 2019 | — | #4,230 | 24 | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #4,327 | 23 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | — | #4,848 | 19 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #4,429 | 22 |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
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| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1997
The first year at least five boys were named Griffyn! It came in at #9,265, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1997–1998, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Griffyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Griffyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Griffyn
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 775 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #5,208)
- 1,397 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #5,208)
- 150 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #5,208)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1997
- Peaked 2023 at #3,802 (29 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 58,985
- Highest: 1 in 58,985 boys born in 2023 were named Griffyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 41.5% of all boys named Griffyn (194) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12 | #7,874 (1999) | #8,570 |
| 2000s | 120 | #4,429 (2009) | #6,512 |
| 2010s | 194 | #4,226 (2018) | #4,921 |
| 2020s | 142 | #3,802 (2023) | #4,367 |
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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