Griffey
Boy · GRIF-ee · Welsh
Griffey is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Griffey mean?
Welsh: surname derived from Welsh Gruffudd
Best known as the surname of baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr.
- Say it
- GRIF-ee
Is Griffey a girl's or a boy's name?
Griffey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Griffey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Griffey, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had fewer boys named Griffey than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Griffey in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Griffey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
Nicknames for Griffey
- Griff 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Griffey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley Huxley Finley Bentley Gael Kylo Atlas Bellamy Shepherd Wylder Bowen Archer
Names related to Griffey
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