Griselda
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Griselda is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “gray”. In 2025 it ranked 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Griselda mean?
Germanic
“gray”
A female given name from the Germanic languages used in Middle Ages, but rather rare today.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Griselda a girl's or a boy's name?
Griselda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Griselda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,295among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Griselda, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 307 girls. It first appears in the records in 1906.
Half of all the girls named Griselda in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Griselda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,060 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,905 |
| 2009 | 96 | #2,102 |
| 2008 | 90 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 101 | #2,015 |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,846 |
| 2005 | 119 | #1,667 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,666 |
| 2003 | 162 | #1,283 |
| 2002 | 154 | #1,274 |
| 2001 | 125 | #1,498 |
| 2000 | 154 | #1,264 |
| 1999 | 181 | #1,097 |
| 1998 | 172 | #1,117 |
| 1997 | 180 | #1,057 |
| 1996 | 188 | #996 |
| 1995 | 239 | #821 |
| 1994 | 236 | #843 |
| 1993 | 307 | #697 |
| 1992 | 239 | #833 |
| 1991 | 270 | #763 |
| 1990 | 287 | #727 |
| 1989 | 260 | #754 |
| 1988 | 203 | #868 |
| 1987 | 193 | #878 |
| 1986 | 217 | #780 |
| 1985 | 229 | #753 |
| 1984 | 232 | #713 |
| 1983 | 189 | #815 |
| 1982 | 187 | #835 |
| 1981 | 271 | #652 |
| 1980 | 250 | #690 |
| 1979 | 253 | #679 |
| 1978 | 206 | #750 |
| 1977 | 187 | #802 |
| 1976 | 194 | #747 |
| 1975 | 171 | #804 |
| 1974 | 167 | #807 |
| 1973 | 191 | #734 |
| 1972 | 134 | #919 |
| 1971 | 101 | #1,148 |
| 1970 | 99 | #1,168 |
| 1969 | 108 | #1,054 |
| 1968 | 80 | #1,223 |
| 1967 | 60 | #1,428 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,488 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,635 |
| 1964 | 51 | #1,593 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,682 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,072 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,886 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,819 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,515 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
Names like Griselda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Griselda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/griselda, updated 20 October 2026.