How Many People Are Named Griffith?
An estimated 1,081 people in the United States have the first name Griffith. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 38 years old, and Griffith peaked in popularity in 1918 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Griffith 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 Griffith paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,081
About 1 in 317,072 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
38
years old
Peak Year
1918
26 births
Total Registered
1,528
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Griffith
Griffith is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,528 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Griffith as a male name
Ranked #5,106 in 2024
19 male births in 2024
Peak: 1918 (26 births)
Griffith: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Griffith span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 202 babies were registered. While Griffith is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Griffith by Decade
How has Griffith 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.
Griffith by State
Griffith + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Griffith as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Griffith
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Griffith: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Griffith?
We estimate approximately 1,081 people named Griffith 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 317,072 Americans share this first name.
Is Griffith a common name?
Griffith is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,528 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Griffith most popular?
Griffith reached peak popularity in 1918, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Griffith is approximately 38 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Griffith a male name?
Griffith is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Griffith Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Griffith Smith, Griffith Johnson, Griffith 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 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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