# Grimes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/grimes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 50,245 |
| US rank (2010) | 686 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,145 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (49,245 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɡɹaɪmz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Crymes |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Grimes in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Grimes in the United States.

## People named Grimes

- Luke Grimes, American actor
- Scott Grimes, actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter
- Tammy Grimes, American actress and singer (1934-2016)
- Katie Grimes, American swimmer
- Camryn Grimes, American actress
- Charles Grimes, American rower (1935-2007)
- Henry Grimes, American musician (1935–2020)
- Martha Grimes, American crime writer and literature professor
- Karolyn Grimes, American actress
- Quentin Grimes, American basketball player (born 2000)
- Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (1916–1989)
- Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (1893–1985)

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Grooms, Grams, Groomes, Grimsley, Grimshaw, Grimké, Granger, Garnica, Gehring, Grainger, Gurung, Greenspan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.