Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Griffin was most popular in 2023, when 1,750 American babies were given the name — ranking #394 that year. In 2025 it ranked #416, with 1,648 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 51,809 people named Griffin.
Griffin first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 137 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 51,809 American births named Griffin between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 50,221 are estimated to be alive today.
1,648 American babies were named Griffin in 2025, ranking #416 that year.
Griffin is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,642 births a year, against 1,619 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +1% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Griffin is a boy’s name — 1.5% of the 51,809 Americans given it were girls and 98.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 50,221 Americans named Griffin are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 8 and 25.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org