Griselda
Griselda is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 43 births. Its best rank was 653rd, in 1981.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 430.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1993307 births
- Best rank
- #653in 1981
- Since 1906
- 9,075people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,075 girls have been named Griselda in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 307 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 1988, and the 1990s alone account for 25%. It has spent 25 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Griselda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 23 | |
| 1930s | 41 | |
| 1940s | 77 | |
| 1950s | 208 | |
| 1960s | 550 | |
| 1970s | 1,702 | |
| 1980s | 2,231 | |
| 1990s | 2,299 | |
| 2000s | 1,227 | |
| 2010s | 488 | |
| 2020s | 219 |
In 1993, its biggest year
Griselda was the 698th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1993 were Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Griselda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Karapeak 1991
- Alejandrinapeak 1992
- Erikapeak 1990
- Cristinapeak 1990
- Korinpeak 1978
- Marikapeak 1993
- Jameepeak 1985
- Jaymipeak 1985
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.