Griffin
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About Griffin
The name Griffin is currently ranked #222 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #214 in 2023. The name is most popular in GRIFFIN, GRIFFIN, and GRIFFIN. Griffin is occasionally used for girls in 2025.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #243 | 1,537 | 800.2 |
| 2015 | #236 | 1,614 | 842.1 |
| 2016 | #230 | 1,695 | 893.2 |
| 2017 | #243 | 1,522 | 822.3 |
| 2018 | #224 | 1,678 | 923.9 |
| 2019 | #232 | 1,623 | 904.6 |
| 2020 | #241 | 1,491 | 863.8 |
| 2021 | #232 | 1,592 | 910 |
| 2022 | #230 | 1,539 | 881.4 |
| 2023 | #214 | 1,726 | 1,009 |
| 2024 | #223 | 1,609 | 933.9 |
| 2025 | #222 | 1,627 | 952.5 |
World rankings
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Famous Griffins
- Griffin Boyette Bell
72nd U.S. Attorney General
- Griffin Steinfeld
American NASCAR driver; brother of actress Hailee Steinfeld
- (Thomas) Griffin Dunne
American actor
- Griffin Claude Beresford Dauphin Newman
American actor
- Griffin Reinhart
Canadian ice hockey player; son of ice hockey player Paul Reinhart
- Griffin Andrew McElroy
American podcaster
- Griffin Gluck
American child actor
- Griffin Patrick O'Neal
American actor; son of actors Ryan O'Neal and Joanna Moore
- Griffin Perry
(b. 1984) son of politician Rick Perry
- Griffin Levitan
son of TV writer/director Steven Levitan
- Griffin Alstott (b. 1997)
son of NFL player Mike Alstott
- Griffin Arthur Fraser (b. 2002)
son of actor Brendan Fraser
- Griffin Moore (b. 2002)
son of actress Teri Polo and Anthony Moore
- Griffin Parker Taylor (b. 2002)
son of singer Corey Taylor of Slipknot
- Griffin Musk (b. 2004)
son of business mogul Elon Musk; twin of brother Xavier
- Griffin Brandon Bonnar
son of mixed martial artist Stephan Bonnar
- Griffin Thomas McIntyre (b. 2007)
son of singer Joey McIntyre
- Griffin Kauffman (b. 2009)
son of actress Leigh,Allyn Baker and Keith Kauffman
- Griffin Brown (b. 2011)
son of photographer Scarlet Page and Tom Brown; grandson of guitarist Jimmy Page
- Griffin Roland Sands (b. 2015)
son of actor Stark Sands
Griffin in pop culture
- Griffin Holbrook
a character on TV's "Party of Five"
- Griffin
character on TV's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
- Sir Griffin Tewitt
fiance of Lucinda Roanoke in "The Eustace Diamonds" (1873) by Anthony Trollope
- Dr. Griffin
main character in H.G. Wells' "The Invisible Man"
- Griffin "Griff" Hawkins
character on TV's "Boy Meets World"
- Griffin Conner
character from the tv show Remedy
- Griffin
character on TV's "How to Get Away With Murder"
- Griffin Vesey
character on TV's "Cosby"
- Griffin Mill
lead character in 1992 film, "The Player"
- Griffin Bing
main character in book and TV movie "Swindled"
- Griffin Bowen
character in 2015 film "Poltergeist"
- Griffin Alto
character in "Sims" series
- Griffin
character in "The Dead,Tossed Waves" by Carrie Ryan
- Griffin Grey
character on TV's "The Flash"
- Griffin Foley
character in novel "Belzhar"
- Griffin
family name on TV's "Family Guy"
- Clarke Griffin
character on The CW's "The 100"
- Griffin Jennings
protagonist of Adam Silvera's 'History Is All You Left Me'
