Gryffin
Boy · GRIF-in · Welsh
Gryffin is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).
What does Gryffin mean?
Welsh: spelling of Griffin, a Latinised form of Gruffudd
The spelling recalls Gryffindor, the Hogwarts house in Harry Potter; a griffin is also a mythical eagle-lion creature.
- Say it
- GRIF-in
Is Gryffin a girl's or a boy's name?
Gryffin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gryffin in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 boys.
Gryffin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Gryffin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Gryffin, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,833rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 97 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Gryffin in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,746 boys in the US were given Gryffin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #227, up from #2,230 for this spelling alone.
Gryffin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,476 |
| 2023 | 84 | #1,875 |
| 2022 | 94 | #1,760 |
| 2021 | 87 | #1,799 |
| 2020 | 81 | #1,833 |
| 2019 | 97 | #1,658 |
| 2018 | 84 | #1,808 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,207 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
Names like Gryffin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Rowan Kayden Lochlan Brody Finley Cillian Oisin Kian Aiden Callan
Other spellings of Gryffin
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