Granville
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GRAN-vil
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Granville is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “large town”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Granville mean?
French: Norman surname from the town of Granville
“large town”
From a Norman surname taken from the town of Granville in Normandy, France.
Is Granville a girl's or a boy's name?
Granville is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Granville in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Granville, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 148 boys.
Half of all the boys named Granville in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Granville in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,376 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,383 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,422 |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,232 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,177 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,264 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,018 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,239 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,028 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,057 |
| 1952 | 53 | #980 |
| 1951 | 58 | #918 |
| 1950 | 57 | #903 |
| 1949 | 52 | #957 |
| 1948 | 58 | #901 |
| 1947 | 73 | #804 |
| 1946 | 81 | #726 |
| 1945 | 52 | #864 |
| 1944 | 74 | #720 |
| 1943 | 73 | #764 |
| 1942 | 66 | #791 |
| 1941 | 68 | #751 |
| 1940 | 74 | #702 |
| 1939 | 71 | #707 |
| 1938 | 65 | #757 |
| 1937 | 71 | #713 |
| 1936 | 69 | #719 |
| 1935 | 70 | #731 |
| 1934 | 87 | #642 |
| 1933 | 79 | #657 |
| 1932 | 89 | #632 |
| 1931 | 87 | #633 |
| 1930 | 95 | #629 |
| 1929 | 92 | #639 |
| 1928 | 97 | #621 |
| 1927 | 98 | #638 |
| 1926 | 106 | #608 |
| 1925 | 125 | #549 |
| 1924 | 142 | #529 |
| 1923 | 146 | #507 |
| 1922 | 125 | #568 |
| 1921 | 118 | #583 |
| 1920 | 140 | #516 |
| 1919 | 123 | #539 |
| 1918 | 148 | #490 |
| 1917 | 121 | #525 |
| 1916 | 116 | #533 |
| 1915 | 95 | #583 |
| 1914 | 88 | #525 |
| 1913 | 52 | #611 |
| 1912 | 51 | #561 |
| 1911 | 38 | #471 |
| 1910 | 24 | #582 |
| 1909 | 21 | #574 |
| 1908 | 26 | #489 |
| 1907 | 17 | #616 |
| 1906 | 26 | #431 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 28 | #390 |
| 1903 | 21 | #451 |
| 1902 | 17 | #521 |
| 1901 | 24 | #383 |
| 1900 | 21 | #518 |
| 1899 | 18 | #438 |
| 1898 | 21 | #435 |
| 1897 | 22 | #404 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 29 | #340 |
| 1894 | 20 | #419 |
| 1893 | 23 | #371 |
| 1892 | 30 | #341 |
| 1891 | 17 | #427 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 17 | #446 |
| 1888 | 24 | #377 |
| 1887 | 21 | #356 |
| 1886 | 19 | #403 |
| 1885 | 23 | #364 |
| 1884 | 27 | #336 |
| 1883 | 15 | #460 |
| 1882 | 25 | #355 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | 27 | #325 |
Names like Granville
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
George, Lawrence, Archie, Wallace, Charlie, William, Arthur, Eugene, Walter, Clyde, Lewis, Leroy
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Granville: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/granville, updated 20 October 2026.