Griffin
Boy · GRIF-in · Welsh
Griffin is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 222nd for boys in the US (1,627 babies).
What does Griffin mean?
Welsh: Latinized form of Gruffudd
A medieval Latinized form of the Welsh Gruffudd, and also the name of the mythical half-eagle, half-lion.
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- GRIF-in
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Is Griffin a girl's or a boy's name?
Griffin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 1,627 boys in the US.
How popular is Griffin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,102among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Griffin, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 36 boys.
Half of all the boys named Griffin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,035th in England and Wales.
Griffin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,102 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 35 | #969 |
| 2022 | 30 | #1,070 |
| 2021 | 36 | #931 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,007 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,142 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,347 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Griffin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #222among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,627about 1 in 1,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,627 boys in the US were named Griffin, making it the 222nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 241st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 1,728 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881. 21 girls were also named Griffin in 2025 (5,721st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Griffin in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,746 boys in the US were given Griffin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #227.
Griffin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,627 | #222 |
| 2024 | 1,617 | #223 |
| 2023 | 1,728 | #214 |
| 2022 | 1,540 | #230 |
| 2021 | 1,592 | #232 |
| 2020 | 1,492 | #241 |
| 2019 | 1,624 | #232 |
| 2018 | 1,678 | #224 |
| 2017 | 1,522 | #243 |
| 2016 | 1,695 | #230 |
| 2015 | 1,614 | #236 |
| 2014 | 1,537 | #243 |
| 2013 | 1,623 | #225 |
| 2012 | 1,652 | #220 |
| 2011 | 1,581 | #227 |
| 2010 | 1,517 | #232 |
| 2009 | 1,558 | #232 |
| 2008 | 1,504 | #243 |
| 2007 | 1,486 | #242 |
| 2006 | 1,353 | #256 |
| 2005 | 1,376 | #244 |
| 2004 | 1,385 | #241 |
| 2003 | 1,536 | #225 |
| 2002 | 1,472 | #228 |
| 2001 | 1,418 | #239 |
| 2000 | 1,468 | #233 |
| 1999 | 1,545 | #219 |
| 1998 | 1,491 | #215 |
| 1997 | 1,365 | #225 |
| 1996 | 990 | #281 |
| 1995 | 689 | #355 |
| 1994 | 565 | #404 |
| 1993 | 432 | #487 |
| 1992 | 329 | #560 |
| 1991 | 259 | #632 |
| 1990 | 277 | #601 |
| 1989 | 248 | #633 |
| 1988 | 232 | #620 |
| 1987 | 252 | #569 |
| 1986 | 144 | #754 |
| 1985 | 148 | #726 |
| 1984 | 82 | #984 |
| 1983 | 81 | #979 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,241 |
| 1981 | 45 | #1,411 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,187 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,089 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,087 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,099 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,144 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,571 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,667 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,655 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,598 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,656 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,643 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,543 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,448 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,479 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
Nicknames for Griffin
- Griff 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Griffin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Griffin
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