Names / Boy names
Griffin
Current rank
#222
holding steady
All-time peak
#214
in 2023
First recorded
1881
in U.S. data
Children named
51,800
since 1881
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #214 in 2023 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(Welsh): strong lord. Stateside, it enters U.S. records in 1881. Today it sits at #222 and is keeping its place. Its strongest year was 2023, at #214 nationally. Across all years, more than 51,800 children have been named this.