Griffen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GRIF-in
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Griffen is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Griffen mean?
Welsh: spelling of Griffin; Latinized form of Gruffudd
A medieval Latinized form of the Welsh Gruffudd, and also the name of the mythical half-eagle, half-lion.
Meaning borrowed from Griffin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Griffen a girl's or a boy's name?
Griffen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Griffen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Griffen, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 110 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Griffen in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,746 boys in the US were given Griffen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #227, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Griffen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,477 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,168 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,049 |
| 2008 | 72 | #1,968 |
| 2007 | 70 | #1,995 |
| 2006 | 70 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,004 |
| 2004 | 78 | #1,650 |
| 2003 | 86 | #1,494 |
| 2002 | 86 | #1,471 |
| 2001 | 80 | #1,510 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,358 |
| 1999 | 110 | #1,172 |
| 1998 | 89 | #1,335 |
| 1997 | 88 | #1,291 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,432 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
Nicknames for Griffen
- Griff 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Griffen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Owen Jaylen Gavin Bowen Jayden Holden Aiden Hayden Brayden Grayson Cohen Dylan
Other spellings of Griffen
Names related to Griffen
More Welsh names
Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Rhys Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith Brynn Eira Gwen Ffion
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, “Griffen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/griffen, updated 20 October 2026.