# Grant (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/grant/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Norman |
| Meaning | “big”, “large” |
| Pronunciation | /ɡɹænt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 136,669 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 136,462 / 207 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,199, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 14 | 5,268 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,110 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,316 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,733 |
| 1991 | 6 | 12,029 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9,800 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,211 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,960 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,207 |
| 2004 | 11 | 9,469 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,149 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,790 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,203 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,317 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,391 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,541 | 151 |
| 2012 | 2,470 | 163 |
| 2013 | 2,419 | 169 |
| 2014 | 2,646 | 155 |
| 2015 | 2,361 | 177 |
| 2016 | 2,352 | 171 |
| 2017 | 2,294 | 173 |
| 2018 | 2,167 | 184 |
| 2019 | 1,983 | 198 |
| 2020 | 1,771 | 213 |
| 2021 | 1,790 | 214 |
| 2022 | 1,672 | 220 |
| 2023 | 1,541 | 228 |
| 2024 | 1,458 | 241 |
| 2025 | 1,555 | 228 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 1,911 |
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 格蘭特 /格兰特
- Greek: Γκραντ
- Polish: Grant

## People named Grant

- Grant Wood, American painter (1891–1942)
- Grant Gustin, American actor and singer (born 1990)
- Grant Holloway, American athlete
- Grant Hill, American basketball player (born 1972)
- Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host, and actor (1970–2020)
- Grant Shapps, British politician (born 1968)
- Grant Heslov, American actor, producer and screenwriter
- Grant Holt, English professional footballer (born 1981)
- Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer (1980-)
- Grant Show, actor
- Grant Allen, Canada born British science writer, novelist and scientist (1848 – 1899)
- Grant Green, American jazz guitarist and composer (1935–1979)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.