Griffith
Griffith is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. Its best rank was 896th, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191826 births
- Best rank
- #896in 1899
- Since 1899
- 1,528people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,528 boys have been named Griffith in the United States since 1899, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 26 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1990s alone account for 13%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Griffith | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 95 | |
| 1920s | 148 | |
| 1930s | 90 | |
| 1940s | 125 | |
| 1950s | 136 | |
| 1960s | 117 | |
| 1970s | 81 | |
| 1980s | 117 | |
| 1990s | 202 | |
| 2000s | 165 | |
| 2010s | 161 | |
| 2020s | 84 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Griffith was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Griffith
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Colvinpeak 2007
- Nilespeak 1998
- Celestinopeak 1922
- Gregorpeak 1962
- Dentonpeak 1994
- Kemppeak 1957
- Constantinopeak 1922
- Hilariopeak 1996
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.