Griffen
Griffen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1999110 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1985
- 1,790people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,790 boys have been named Griffen in the United States since 1985, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 110 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 43%.
By decade
In 1999, its biggest year
Griffen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1999 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Nicholas. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Griffen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Keandrepeak 2002
- Aldairpeak 1998
- Kaelanpeak 1998
- Tavianpeak 1998
- Kalilpeak 2000
- Maliquepeak 1998
- Keondrepeak 2001
- Cristianpeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.