How Many People Are Named Griffith?

1,062

people named Griffith are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 321,831 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,550 babies named Griffith in Social Security records from 1899 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#10,191

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,731

See the top 100

Peak Year

1918

26 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Welsh
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Anglicized form of GRUFFUDD.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

GriffinGruffudGruffuddGruffyddGuto

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Griffith in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Griffith alive today is about 35 years old, and 48% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 54 in 2025.

Under 30 512
48.2%
30 to 59 320
30.1%
60 and over 230
21.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Griffith first appears in the records in 1899 and was given most often in 1918, to 26 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1899 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Griffith has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #895, in 1899. In 2025 it ranked #4,595.

Boys
Rank in 2025#4,595
Best rank#895 (1899)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#3,356 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Griffith alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Griffith were born in California than in any other state: about 17 of those alive today.

California 17

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