Gryphon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GRIF-on
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Gryphon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “griffin”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Gryphon mean?
English: spelling of griffin, from Greek gryps
“griffin”
A griffin is a mythical beast with an eagle's head and wings and a lion's body; a Gryphon appears in Alice in Wonderland.
Is Gryphon a girl's or a boy's name?
Gryphon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gryphon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Gryphon, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Gryphon in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,746 boys in the US were given Gryphon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #227, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
Gryphon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
Names like Gryphon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kingston Grayson Hudson Easton Colson Deacon Stetson Jackson Dawson Boston Paxton Mason
Other spellings of Gryphon
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter
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, “Gryphon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gryphon, updated 20 October 2026.