Grant

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Grant: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Grant: Recorded since 1953, it reached #13 in 1964, and it stood at #535 in 2024.

6registrars recorded it
115times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#13highest recorded position
29groupings it qualifies for
11names it appears alongside

What stands out in Grant's record

Held a top-100 place for 38 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#128
1997	#166
1998	#232
1999	#309
2000	#392
2001	#428
2002	#568
2003	#761
2004	#749
2005	#766
2006	#1048
2007	#1361
2008	#1085
2009	#1568
2010	#1911
2011	#1303
2012	#1313
2013	#2055
2014	#2690
2015	#1673
2016	#1804
2017	#1812
2018	#1683
2019	#1869
2020	#3334
2021	#2301
2022	#4001
2023	#2813
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in New South Wales, Australia in every year from 1953 to 1990.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #4270 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1953–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #93 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1954–1987
Highest recorded position: #13 among boys in New Zealand, in 1964 (recorded 1954–1987).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Grant appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, which has ranked it in 38 years beginning in 1953, and has registered 6,930 births with the name.

Grant across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Grant's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#93 (1953)	#32 (1966)	#75 (1990)	38 of 38	6,930 (1953–1990)	290 (1971)
New Zealand · Boys	#30 (1954)	#13 (1964)	#99 (1987)	34 of 34	8,355 (1954–1987)	471 (1962)
England and Wales · Boys	#128 (1996)	#128 (1996)	#4270 (2024)	29 of 29	1,199 (1996–2024)	307 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#263 (1991)	#234 (1996)	#701 (2009)	8 of 19	35 (1991–2009)	9 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#192 (1997)	#192 (1997)	#341 (2006)	5 of 10	21 (1997–2006)	7 (1997)

Grant by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Grant in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	731	7 of 10	104
1960sbusiest	2,358	10 of 10	236
1970s	2,122	10 of 10	212
1980s	1,603	10 of 10	160
1990s	116	1 of 10	116

Across New South Wales, Australia · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 236 births a year.

See the names New South Wales, Australiahas recorded the most births with →

Grant appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1953 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #13 in New Zealand in 1964.

Grant's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1048	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#766	32	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#749	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#568	36	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#428	50	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#392	57	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#309	86	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#232	131	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#166	208	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#128	307	High	Verified
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	175	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	190	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	184	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	226	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	183	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	161	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	173	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	199	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	181	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	188	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	216	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	228	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	244	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	290	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	243	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	230	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	259	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	255	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	270	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	217	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	217	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	269	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	223	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	219	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	199	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#88	68	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	62	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New Zealand	male	#99	49	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#87	59	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#85	57	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#70	72	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#80	64	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#59	80	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#59	82	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#65	81	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#54	110	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#54	105	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#43	140	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#53	123	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#39	162	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#26	255	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#24	247	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#22	292	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#21	321	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#20	344	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#18	358	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#17	379	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#16	387	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#16	364	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#16	366	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#13	448	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#17	405	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#14	471	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#19	373	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#19	390	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#18	376	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#16	392	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#23	290	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#24	259	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#33	220	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#30	234	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#192	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1953 and 2024, ranked in 70 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #13, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 38 years, 38 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 471 births, registered in New Zealand in 1962.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 71 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Grahame · #71, 12y
Grainne · #37, 61y
Grantas · #629, 10y
Gray · #688, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dean · #13, 70y
Phillip · #14, 74y
Garry · #15, 71y
Heather · #15, 74y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Dean · #13, 70y
Markus · #13, 64y
Aurora · #14, 46y
Bernadette · #12, 66y

Comparisons involving Grant

Existing comparison pages where Grant and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Grant in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Wayne vs Grant
Across 30 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Wayne and Grant averaged 5.1 places apart, ending at #88 and #70.
Wayne · Grant · 30 shared years, 1954–1984 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1984 New Zealand ranking
Gregory vs Grant
Across 34 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Gregory and Grant averaged 8.1 places apart, ending at #72 and #99.
Gregory · Grant · 34 shared years, 1954–1987 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1987 New Zealand ranking
George vs Grant
Across 38 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, George and Grant averaged 10.0 places apart, ending at #66 and #75.
George · Grant · 38 shared years, 1953–1990 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1990 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Grant within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Martin vs Grant
Across 38 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Martin and Grant averaged 12.1 places apart, ending at #84 and #75.
Martin · Grant · 38 shared years, 1953–1990 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1990 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Grant vs Philip
Across 34 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Grant and Philip averaged 12.2 places apart, ending at #99 and #61.
Grant · Philip · 34 shared years, 1954–1987 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1987 New Zealand ranking
Kevin vs Grant
Across 34 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Kevin and Grant averaged 12.3 places apart, ending at #75 and #99.
Kevin · Grant · 34 shared years, 1954–1987 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1987 New Zealand ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Grant and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Jason vs Grant
In 1969, Jason moved ahead of Grant in New Zealand · Boys — #19 and #17 the year before became #6 and #18.
Jason · Grant · 22 shared years, 1966–1987 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1969 New Zealand ranking
Grant vs Hamish
In New Zealand · Boys, Hamish moved into the top 50 at #30 in 1976 as Grant fell out of it to #53, having been #39 the year before.
Grant · Hamish · 23 shared years, 1964–1987 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1976 New Zealand ranking
Adam vs Grant
In New Zealand · Boys, Adam moved into the top 50 at #33 in 1978 as Grant fell out of it to #54, having been #43 the year before.
Adam · Grant · 23 shared years, 1965–1987 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1978 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Grant measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Grant at its highest position.

Jamie vs Grant
In New Zealand · Boys, Jamie moved into the top 50 at #34 in 1976 as Grant fell out of it to #53, having been #39 the year before.
Jamie · Grant · 16 shared years, 1972–1987 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1976 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Grant was ranked #13 in New Zealand · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Grant and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Grant without appearing here.

Grant moved ahead of

Noel Compare
In 1957 they stood at #61 and #60 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 1958 that had become #54 and #76.
Gregory Compare
In 1989 they stood at #82 and #81 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 1990 that had become #75 and #95.
Garry Compare
In 1965 they stood at #42 and #40 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 1966 that had become #32 and #50.
Graham Compare
In 1965 they stood at #42 and #41 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 1966 that had become #32 and #49.

Moved ahead of Grant

Johannes Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2493 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #1781.
Roger Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #2263.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #2443.

Moved the opposite way to Grant

Alexander Compare
Between 1954 and 1987 in New Zealand · Boys, Grant went from #30 to #99 while Alexander went from #73 to #35.
Andrew Compare
Between 1954 and 1987 in New Zealand · Boys, Grant went from #30 to #99 while Andrew went from #41 to #6.
Christopher Compare
Between 1954 and 1987 in New Zealand · Boys, Grant went from #30 to #99 while Christopher went from #9 to #5.
Daniel Compare
Between 1954 and 1987 in New Zealand · Boys, Grant went from #30 to #99 while Daniel went from #96 to #2.

Moved the same way as Grant

William Compare
Between 1954 and 1987 in New Zealand · Boys, Grant went from #30 to #99 and William from #11 to #19.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Grant went from #128 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Grant went from #128 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Grant went from #128 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1953 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #13 in New Zealand in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Grant

Grant at a glance

What stands out in Grant's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Grant across 5 official records

Grant by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Grant appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Grant

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Grant

Grant and the names beside it

Grant moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Grant

Moved the opposite way to Grant

Moved the same way as Grant

Grant at a glance

What stands out in Grant's record

Grant across 5 official records

Grant by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Grant appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Grant

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Grant

Grant and the names beside it

Grant moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Grant

Moved the opposite way to Grant

Moved the same way as Grant