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How popular is the name Griffin?

Births per year, rank history and how many Griffins are alive today.

Griffin (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1035th in 2025 and given to 29 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 35 babies were given the name, the 871st most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Griffin you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Griffins born in England and Wales are between 5 and 20, and there are at least 570 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 Griffin - on average, only one in every 532 such rooms contains a Griffin.

How many babies are named Griffin each year?

0102030200020201996: 81997: 51998: 41999: 52000: 52001: 92002: 162003: 162004: 82005: 102006: 122007: 82008: 132009: 142010: 162011: 142012: 172013: 192014: 242015: 182016: 142017: 312018: 242019: 282020: 302021: 352022: 282023: 322024: 272025: 29actual

Where does Griffin rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,4581997: ranked 2,0221998: ranked 2,4191999: ranked 2,0972000: ranked 2,1422001: ranked 1,4672002: ranked 1,0332003: ranked 1,0922004: ranked 1,8782005: ranked 1,7162006: ranked 1,5452007: ranked 2,2112008: ranked 1,5962009: ranked 1,5682010: ranked 1,4832011: ranked 1,6002012: ranked 1,4302013: ranked 1,2942014: ranked 1,1172015: ranked 1,3802016: ranked 1,7042017: ranked 9682018: ranked 1,1322019: ranked 1,0012020: ranked 9442021: ranked 8712022: ranked 1,0292023: ranked 9422024: ranked 1,0762025: ranked 1,035

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.

Chart: babies named Griffin per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 35 in 2021
Griffin: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Griffin most popular?

Griffin peaked in 2021, when 35 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Griffin?

At least 570 people named Griffin born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Griffin?

Most living Griffins are between 5 and 20; the most common age is about 4.

Is Griffin becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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