Griffyn
Boy · GRIF-in · Welsh
Griffyn is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Griffyn mean?
Welsh: spelling variant of Griffin, from Welsh Gruffudd
Respelling of Griffin, from the Welsh Gruffudd; a griffin is also the mythical beast with an eagle's head and lion's body.
- Say it
- GRIF-in
Is Griffyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Griffyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Griffyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Griffyn, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer boys named Griffyn than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Griffyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,746 boys in the US were given Griffyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #227, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
Griffyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Nicknames for Griffyn
- Griff 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Griffyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bowen Gael Owen Sevyn Kayden Hudson Callan Grayson Raiden Cohen Colson Easton
Other spellings of Griffyn
Names related to Griffyn
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