How rare is the name Griselda?

22,014 people in the United States have the first name Griselda, about 1 in 13,720. It ranks #1,509 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GRISELDA

#1,509

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
22,014
About
1 in 13,720
This common or more
75.2%
Who bears it

Of the 22,014 people named Griselda, 97.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.2% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Griselda peaked in 1993, when 307 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19062025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
307
In 2025*
47 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,185 babies have been given the name since 1906. 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.

Griselda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,326. The largest share of babies named Griselda, 41.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#11,6155
1920s#9,76523
1930s#7,06241
1940s#5,77577
1950s#3,859208
1960s#2,461550
1970s#1,4311,713
1980s#1,3262,277
1990s#1,5522,304
2000s#2,8721,227
2010s#5,753489
2020s#6,100266
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.9%
Baby boom 1946–644.9%
Generation X 1965–8025.2%
Millennials 1981–9641.4%
Generation Z 1997–1220.8%
2013 and later6.5%

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 Griselda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Griselda has been most common in California (5.1×), Texas (4.2×), and Arizona (2.2×), and least common in New York (0.17×).

7,460 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.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Griselda, most common first.

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