# Griffin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/griffin/  
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 | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɹɪfɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Griffy |
| US babies named this | 51,809 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 51,051 / 758 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 519, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 9,951 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,247 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,160 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,860 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5,897 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,045 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,130 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,269 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,815 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,339 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,827 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,698 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,622 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,247 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,788 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,581 | 227 |
| 2012 | 1,652 | 220 |
| 2013 | 1,623 | 225 |
| 2014 | 1,537 | 243 |
| 2015 | 1,614 | 236 |
| 2016 | 1,695 | 230 |
| 2017 | 1,522 | 243 |
| 2018 | 1,678 | 224 |
| 2019 | 1,624 | 232 |
| 2020 | 1,492 | 241 |
| 2021 | 1,592 | 232 |
| 2022 | 1,540 | 230 |
| 2023 | 1,728 | 214 |
| 2024 | 1,617 | 223 |
| 2025 | 1,627 | 222 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,294 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,117 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 31 | 968 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,132 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2020 | 30 | 944 |
| 2021 | 35 | 871 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 32 | 942 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,035 |

## In other languages

- Latin: Griffinus
- Welsh: Gruffudd, Gruffydd

## People named Griffin

- Griffin Dunne, American actor, film director and film producer (born 1955)
- Griffin Gluck, American actor
- Griffin Bell, American judge (1918-2009)
- Griffin Yow, American soccer player
- Griffin Newman, American actor and comedian
- Griffin Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player
- Jerry Harrison, American musician
- John G. Carlisle, American politician (1834–1910)
- Webster Tarpley, American author, journalist, historian

## 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.