How Many People Are Named Griff?
An estimated 233 people in the United States have the first name Griff. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 43 years old, and Griff peaked in popularity in 1960 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Griff as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Griff paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
233
About 1 in 1,471,049 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
43
years old
Peak Year
1960
14 births
Total Registered
286
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Griff
Griff is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 286 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Griff as a male name
Ranked #7,384 in 2024
11 male births in 2024
Peak: 1960 (14 births)
Griff: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Griff span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 60 babies were registered. While Griff is less common than at its peak in the 1950s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Griff by Decade
How has Griff tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Griff + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Griff as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Griff
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Griff: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Griff?
We estimate approximately 233 people named Griff are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,471,049 Americans share this first name.
Is Griff a common name?
Griff is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 286 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Griff most popular?
Griff reached peak popularity in 1960, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Griff is approximately 43 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Griff a male name?
Griff is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Griff Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Griff Smith, Griff Johnson, Griff Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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