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How popular is “Griffin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Griffin” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Griffin” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Griffin” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Griffin” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Griffin” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Griffin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Griffin” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 22 0.000015533 22 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 -100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 -100%
1918 23 0.000010594 23 -100%
1919 25 0.000011847 25 -100%
1920 24 0.000010607 24 -100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 -100%
1923 22 0.000009555 22 -100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 23 0.000009857 23 -100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 -100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 26 0.0000115 26 -100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 -100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 -100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 -100%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 -100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 -100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 23 0.000007198 23 -100%
1947 22 0.000006107 22 -100%
1948 20 0.000005793 20 -100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 -100%
1953 15 0.000003892 15 -100%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 -100%
1955 24 0.000005977 24 -100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 -100%
1957 18 0.000004284 18 -100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 30 0.000008632 30 -100%
1970 15 0.000004159 15 -100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 -100%
1974 23 0.000007566 23 -100%
1975 30 0.000009936 30 -100%
1976 56 0.000018456 56 -100%
1977 62 0.000019518 62 -100%
1978 64 0.000020165 64 -100%
1979 72 0.000021641 5 67 -86%
1980 67 0.000019451 8 59 -76%
1981 52 0.000015032 7 45 -73%
1982 62 0.000017674 6 56 -81%
1983 86 0.000024832 5 81 -88%
1984 91 0.000026084 9 82 -80%
1985 154 0.000043148 6 148 -92%
1986 144 0.000040483 144 -100%
1987 262 0.000072664 10 252 -92%
1988 242 0.000065493 10 232 -92%
1989 261 0.00006789 13 248 -90%
1990 289 0.000073119 12 277 -92%
1991 266 0.000068288 7 259 -95%
1992 339 0.000088252 10 329 -94%
1993 454 0.000120415 22 432 -90%
1994 588 0.000158164 22 566 -93%
1995 701 0.000191417 12 689 -97%
1996 1014 0.000278022 24 990 -95%
1997 1401 0.000386403 37 1364 -95%
1998 1508 0.000409982 17 1491 -98%
1999 1559 0.000422051 14 1545 -98%
2000 1482 0.000392073 14 1468 -98%
2001 1434 0.000383075 16 1418 -98%
2002 1487 0.000397775 15 1472 -98%
2003 1554 0.000408698 18 1536 -98%
2004 1404 0.00036745 19 1385 -97%
2005 1393 0.000362303 17 1376 -98%
2006 1369 0.00034604 16 1353 -98%
2007 1510 0.000377719 24 1486 -97%
2008 1517 0.00038594 13 1504 -98%
2009 1573 0.000411761 15 1558 -98%
2010 1535 0.000415343 18 1517 -98%
2011 1592 0.000435235 11 1581 -99%
2012 1669 0.000456339 17 1652 -98%
2013 1640 0.000449849 17 1623 -98%
2014 1559 0.000420627 22 1537 -97%
2015 1636 0.000442053 22 1614 -97%
2016 1722 0.000469376 27 1695 -97%
2017 1542 0.000431185 20 1522 -97%
2018 1711 0.000486647 33 1678 -96%
2019 1651 0.000475665 28 1623 -97%
2020 1506 0.00045082 15 1491 -98%
2021 1613 0.000476099 21 1592 -97%
2022 1561 0.000461406 22 1539 -97%
2023 1748 0.000527906 22 1726 -97%
2024 1628 0.000489109 19 1609 -98%

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