How Many People Are Named Granville?
people named Granville are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 228,008 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,501 babies named Granville in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
148 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from a Norman place name GRAINVILLE.
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Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Granville in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Granville alive today is about 61 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Granville first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 148 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Granville has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #330, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #12,674.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,674 |
| Best rank | #330 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #571 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Granville alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Granville were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 73 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Granville was given 7.7 times as often in Kentucky, 6.2 times in Virginia and 4.9 times in Tennessee.
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