Grant
Boy
Big in Scotland
Grant is a boys' name, meaning “big, large”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 228th for boys in the US (1,555 babies).
What does Grant mean?
“big, large”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Grant a girl's or a boy's name?
Grant is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 1,555 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Grant in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Grant, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 477 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Grant since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Grant in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 762nd in Scotland.
Grant in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,051 |
| 2011 | 31 | #993 |
| 2010 | 32 | #969 |
| 2009 | 33 | #919 |
| 2008 | 45 | #734 |
| 2007 | 41 | #753 |
| 2006 | 50 | #631 |
| 2005 | 70 | #460 |
| 2004 | 76 | #408 |
| 2003 | 82 | #359 |
| 2002 | 86 | #338 |
| 2001 | 97 | #315 |
| 2000 | 118 | #272 |
| 1999 | 173 | #204 |
| 1998 | 260 | #157 |
| 1997 | 349 | #134 |
| 1996 | 477 | #111 |
How popular is Grant in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #228among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,555about 1 in 1,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,555 boys in the US were named Grant, making it the 228th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 213th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 3,315 boys.
Half of all the boys named Grant in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Grant in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,555 | #228 |
| 2024 | 1,458 | #241 |
| 2023 | 1,541 | #228 |
| 2022 | 1,672 | #220 |
| 2021 | 1,790 | #213 |
| 2020 | 1,771 | #213 |
| 2019 | 1,983 | #198 |
| 2018 | 2,167 | #184 |
| 2017 | 2,294 | #173 |
| 2016 | 2,352 | #171 |
| 2015 | 2,361 | #177 |
| 2014 | 2,646 | #155 |
| 2013 | 2,419 | #169 |
| 2012 | 2,470 | #163 |
| 2011 | 2,541 | #151 |
| 2010 | 2,537 | #155 |
| 2009 | 2,728 | #145 |
| 2008 | 2,866 | #143 |
| 2007 | 2,569 | #161 |
| 2006 | 2,688 | #155 |
| 2005 | 2,658 | #154 |
| 2004 | 2,814 | #141 |
| 2003 | 2,917 | #137 |
| 2002 | 3,078 | #127 |
| 2001 | 2,924 | #135 |
| 2000 | 3,174 | #123 |
| 1999 | 2,939 | #128 |
| 1998 | 3,014 | #127 |
| 1997 | 3,315 | #115 |
| 1996 | 3,205 | #119 |
| 1995 | 3,206 | #116 |
| 1994 | 2,278 | #152 |
| 1993 | 2,160 | #151 |
| 1992 | 1,913 | #167 |
| 1991 | 1,733 | #182 |
| 1990 | 1,694 | #183 |
| 1989 | 1,680 | #180 |
| 1988 | 1,625 | #172 |
| 1987 | 1,565 | #175 |
| 1986 | 1,484 | #179 |
| 1985 | 1,652 | #166 |
| 1984 | 1,589 | #169 |
| 1983 | 1,550 | #167 |
| 1982 | 1,169 | #211 |
| 1981 | 1,101 | #222 |
| 1980 | 1,107 | #217 |
| 1979 | 1,010 | #226 |
| 1978 | 817 | #249 |
| 1977 | 725 | #270 |
| 1976 | 717 | #270 |
| 1975 | 719 | #269 |
| 1974 | 617 | #300 |
| 1973 | 575 | #304 |
| 1972 | 577 | #318 |
| 1971 | 661 | #299 |
| 1970 | 782 | #271 |
| 1969 | 658 | #295 |
| 1968 | 573 | #316 |
| 1967 | 577 | #307 |
| 1966 | 626 | #295 |
| 1965 | 619 | #302 |
| 1964 | 669 | #303 |
| 1963 | 780 | #276 |
| 1962 | 772 | #278 |
| 1961 | 813 | #275 |
| 1960 | 718 | #293 |
| 1959 | 590 | #320 |
| 1958 | 587 | #313 |
| 1957 | 639 | #298 |
| 1956 | 613 | #300 |
| 1955 | 610 | #290 |
| 1954 | 620 | #282 |
| 1953 | 551 | #300 |
| 1952 | 550 | #303 |
| 1951 | 504 | #309 |
| 1950 | 469 | #317 |
| 1949 | 465 | #314 |
| 1948 | 419 | #327 |
| 1947 | 451 | #323 |
| 1946 | 388 | #326 |
| 1945 | 343 | #321 |
| 1944 | 390 | #306 |
| 1943 | 417 | #301 |
| 1942 | 403 | #304 |
| 1941 | 373 | #299 |
| 1940 | 317 | #314 |
| 1939 | 290 | #323 |
| 1938 | 285 | #329 |
| 1937 | 275 | #327 |
| 1936 | 251 | #342 |
| 1935 | 288 | #320 |
| 1934 | 271 | #329 |
| 1933 | 253 | #334 |
| 1932 | 271 | #333 |
| 1931 | 261 | #337 |
| 1930 | 304 | #317 |
| 1929 | 296 | #321 |
| 1928 | 309 | #319 |
| 1927 | 347 | #308 |
| 1926 | 333 | #310 |
| 1925 | 373 | #297 |
| 1924 | 368 | #296 |
| 1923 | 381 | #287 |
| 1922 | 417 | #276 |
| 1921 | 411 | #274 |
| 1920 | 391 | #282 |
| 1919 | 406 | #264 |
| 1918 | 435 | #254 |
| 1917 | 398 | #252 |
| 1916 | 351 | #273 |
| 1915 | 357 | #252 |
| 1914 | 253 | #275 |
| 1913 | 186 | #290 |
| 1912 | 169 | #271 |
| 1911 | 67 | #335 |
| 1910 | 96 | #244 |
| 1909 | 59 | #296 |
| 1908 | 79 | #235 |
| 1907 | 75 | #237 |
| 1906 | 64 | #246 |
| 1905 | 63 | #246 |
| 1904 | 58 | #249 |
| 1903 | 61 | #232 |
| 1902 | 54 | #252 |
| 1901 | 45 | #255 |
| 1900 | 82 | #218 |
| 1899 | 40 | #274 |
| 1898 | 52 | #244 |
| 1897 | 72 | #199 |
| 1896 | 71 | #211 |
| 1895 | 77 | #192 |
| 1894 | 62 | #215 |
| 1893 | 55 | #229 |
| 1892 | 64 | #219 |
| 1891 | 56 | #211 |
| 1890 | 65 | #203 |
| 1889 | 39 | #266 |
| 1888 | 45 | #262 |
| 1887 | 48 | #227 |
| 1886 | 69 | #194 |
| 1885 | 59 | #206 |
| 1884 | 41 | #265 |
| 1883 | 32 | #289 |
| 1882 | 41 | #267 |
| 1881 | 33 | #273 |
| 1880 | 52 | #225 |
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