Granger
Boy · GRAYN-jer · English
Granger is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “farm bailiff”. In 2025 it ranked 1,634th for boys in the US (103 babies).
What does Granger mean?
English: occupational surname, via Old French grangier
“farm bailiff”
From a surname for the steward of a grange, or farm; Hermione Granger is a central character in Harry Potter.
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- GRAYN-jer
Is Granger a girl's or a boy's name?
Granger is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 103 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Granger in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,634among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 103about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 103 boys in the US were named Granger, making it the 1,634th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,069th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 234 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Granger than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Granger in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 113 boys in the US were given Granger or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,378, up from #1,634 for this spelling alone.
- Granger 103
- Grainger 10
Granger in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | #1,634 |
| 2024 | 157 | #1,256 |
| 2023 | 183 | #1,144 |
| 2022 | 205 | #1,069 |
| 2021 | 234 | #957 |
| 2020 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,188 |
| 2018 | 145 | #1,261 |
| 2017 | 127 | #1,384 |
| 2016 | 110 | #1,522 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,189 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
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