Griffin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Griffin: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #274 in 2000, and it stood at #1,076 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#274highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#2022
1998	#2419
1999	#2097
2000	#2142
2001	#1467
2002	#1033
2003	#1092
2004	#1878
2005	#1716
2006	#1545
2007	#2211
2008	#1596
2009	#1568
2010	#1483
2011	#1600
2012	#1430
2013	#1294
2014	#1117
2015	#1380
2016	#1704
2017	#968
2018	#1132
2019	#1001
2020	#944
2021	#871
2022	#1029
2023	#942
2024	#1076

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #942 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2023
Highest recorded position: #274 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1998–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1076 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Griffin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 490 births with the name.

Griffin across 2 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.

Griffin'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#871 (2021)	#1076 (2024)	29 of 29	490 (1996–2024)	35 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1998)	#274 (2000)	#770 (2023)	8 of 26	33 (1998–2023)	6 (2000)

Griffin 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 Griffin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	111	10 of 10	11
2010s	205	10 of 10	21
2020sbusiest	152	5 of 10	30

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 30 births a year.

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

Griffin 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #274 in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Griffin'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	#1076	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#942	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1029	28	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#871	35	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1132	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#968	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1092	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1033	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #274, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 2 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.

Greyson · #290, 17y
Griff · #818, 23y
Griffydd · #2813, 11y
Gro · #22, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Jaimie · #272, 26y
Marjorie · #276, 28y
Betina · #277, 29y
Christie · #271, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Kalum · #274, 23y
Dahlia · #275, 27y
Juno · #275, 27y
Kaela · #273, 22y

Griffin was ranked #274 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2000. 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.

Griffin 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 Griffin without appearing here.

Griffin moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1033 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1033 and #3225.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2211 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1596 and #3687.
Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2211 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1596 and #3687.

Moved ahead of Griffin

Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1545 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2211 and #926.
Arlo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1092 and #1188 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #875.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1092 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #1347.
Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1117 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1380 and #996.

Moved the opposite way to Griffin

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Griffin went from #2022 to #942 while Kelly went from #1454 to #3523.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Griffin went from #2419 to #1029 while Ole went from #2901 to #4789.

Moved the same way as Griffin

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griffin went from #2022 to #1076 and Cooper from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griffin went from #2097 to #1076 and Arlo from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griffin went from #2097 to #1076 and Harper from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Griffin went from #2097 to #1076 and Kasper from #2425 to #529.

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #274 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Griffin

Griffin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Griffin across 2 official records

Griffin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Griffin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Griffin at a glance

Griffin across 2 official records

Griffin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Griffin 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 Griffin

Griffin and the names beside it

Griffin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Griffin

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