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How popular is the name Griff?
Births per year, rank history and how many Griffs are alive today.
Griff (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1538th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. The name peaked in 2017, when 39 babies were given the name, the 818th most popular that year. It has declined since 2017; the 2025 figure is roughly 44% of its peak.
The Griff you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Griffs born in England and Wales are between 5 and 14, and there are at least 470 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Griff - on average, only one in every 645 such rooms contains a Griff.
How many babies are named Griff each year?
Where does Griff rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Griff most popular?
Griff peaked in 2017, when 39 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Griff?
At least 470 people named Griff born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Griff?
Most living Griffs are between 5 and 14; the most common age is about 9.
Is Griff becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2017 peak.