Grantham
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Grantham is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Grantham mean?
English: English place name
From Grantham, a market town in Lincolnshire, England, where Isaac Newton went to school.
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Is Grantham a girl's or a boy's name?
Grantham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Grantham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Grantham, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1995, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Grantham in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Grantham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Nicknames for Grantham
- Grant 3 boys in the UK in 2025
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