How Many People Are Named Grant Grant?
There are approximately 55 people named Grant Grant living in the United States today. That makes this name combination rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 6,231,897 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Grant with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Grant. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
55
1 in 6,231,897 Americans
Combination Rarity
Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Grant: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Grant. The peak year was 1997 with 3,315 births. The average person named Grant today is 30 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Grant
In the 2020 Census, the first name Grant was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (87.08%). The next largest recorded groups were Two or More Races (4.10%) and Hispanic (3.35%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Grant in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Grant rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Grant Surname
The surname Grant was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Grant in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Grant" has an estimated frequency of 0.0345% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Grant" appears at a rate of 46.79 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Grant are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 55 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Grant Grant: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Grant Grant?
We estimate approximately 55 people named Grant Grant are alive in the United States today. The first name Grant is shared by 118,401 Americans, and the surname Grant is shared by 160,383.
How rare is the name Grant Grant?
This name combination is classified as Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 6,231,897 Americans. The first name Grant is common and the surname Grant is common.
Is Grant a male or female name?
Grant is predominantly male, with 99.8% of bearers being male and 0.2% female. It peaked in popularity in 1997 and the average bearer today is 30 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Grant?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Grant was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (87.08%). The next largest recorded groups were Two or More Races (4.10%) and Hispanic (3.35%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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