first name
GRIFFIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 40,385 people named Griffin, 88.8% reported their origin as White, 4.7% as two or more races and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Griffin peaked in 2023, when 1,750 babies got the name.
At least 51,809 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Griffin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #425. The largest share of babies named Griffin, 46.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Griffin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Griffin has been most common in New Hampshire (3.4×), Maine (2.1×), and Utah (2.1×), and least common in New Mexico (0.13×).
48,355 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Griffin
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Griffin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Griffin ranks #126 of 156,621, with 191,130 people. See Griffin as a last name
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