How Many People Are Named Griselda?
people named Griselda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 39,020 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,185 babies named Griselda in Social Security records from 1906 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
307 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly derived from the Germanic elements gris "grey" and hild "battle". It is not attested as a Germanic name. This was the name of a patient wife in medieval tales by Boccaccio and Chaucer.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Griselda, 99.4% were girls and 0.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Griselda alive today is about 36 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Griselda first appears in the records in 1906 and was given most often in 1993, to 307 babies. In 2025, 47 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1906 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Griselda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #653, in 1981. In 2025 it ranked #3,308.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,308 |
| Best rank | #653 (1981) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #875 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Griselda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Griselda were born in California than in any other state: about 3,744 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Griselda was given 3.9 times as often in California, 3.8 times in Texas and 1.8 times in Arizona.
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