Griff

maleStatistical record

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

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

Griff: Recorded since 1998, it reached #818 in 2017, and it stood at #1,162 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#818highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2000	#3036
2004	#2578
2005	#2174
2006	#2870
2007	#2211
2008	#1511
2009	#2126
2010	#1407
2011	#1447
2012	#1852
2013	#1339
2014	#959
2015	#1121
2016	#903
2017	#818
2018	#897
2019	#1217
2020	#1150
2021	#1184
2022	#862
2023	#1139
2024	#1162

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #818 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1162 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Griff by decade in England and Wales · 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 Griff in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	51	7 of 10	7
2010s	244	10 of 10	24
2020sbusiest	131	5 of 10	26

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 26 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Griff appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #818 in England and Wales in 2017.

Griff'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	#1162	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1139	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#862	36	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1184	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#897	33	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#818	39	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#903	34	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#959	30	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #818, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,162position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
39births registered in its largest year, 201725 to 49 births →

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.

Grey · #1113, 12y
Greyson · #290, 17y
Griffin · #274, 29y
Griffydd · #2813, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Claude · #818, 27y
Kadeem · #818, 21y
Imaani · #817, 25y
Lynden · #817, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Claude · #818, 27y
Kadeem · #818, 21y
Imaani · #817, 25y
Lynden · #817, 28y

Griff was ranked #818 in England and Wales · Boys in 2017. 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.

Griff 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 Griff without appearing here.

Griff moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2126 and #4527.
Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2211 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #3687.
Andrea Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1852 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1339 and #3315.
Anders Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2126 and #1749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1407 and #3332.

Moved ahead of Griff

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1139 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1162 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Griff

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griff went from #2901 to #1162 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griff went from #2901 to #1162 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griff went from #2901 to #1162 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griff went from #2901 to #1162 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Griff

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griff went from #2901 to #1162 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griff went from #2901 to #1162 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griff went from #2901 to #1162 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griff went from #2901 to #1162 and Archie from #120 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #818 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Griff

Griff at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Griff by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Griff appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Griff and the names beside it

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Griff at a glance

Griff by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Griff appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Griff

Griff and the names beside it

Griff moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Griff

Moved the opposite way to Griff

Moved the same way as Griff