# Griff (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/griff/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɡɹɪf/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 286 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 286 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 446, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 8 | 3,826 |
| 1974 | 12 | 3,019 |
| 1975 | 12 | 3,131 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,597 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,148 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,008 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,139 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,934 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,143 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,177 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,007 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,144 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,015 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,312 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,422 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 30 | 959 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,121 |
| 2016 | 34 | 903 |
| 2017 | 39 | 818 |
| 2018 | 33 | 897 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,184 |
| 2022 | 36 | 862 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,162 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Griff

- Griff Furst, American actor and film director

## 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.