Grant
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Grant
One-time beach-boy compadre of Glenn, Greg, and Gary that originated as a nickname for a tall person, Grant has become a no-nonsense, career-oriented grown-up and one that is seeing new appreciation. It was chosen for his son by actor Morris Chestnut. It has cultural cred via artist Grant Wood, whose best known painting is 'American Gothic.'
Grant is also given to girls.
Pronounced GRANT.
As of October 2026, Grant ranked #228 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #115 in 1997, Nameberry popularity #247.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #155 | 2,646 | 1,377.5 |
| 2015 | #177 | 2,361 | 1,231.8 |
| 2016 | #171 | 2,351 | 1,238.8 |
| 2017 | #173 | 2,293 | 1,238.8 |
| 2018 | #184 | 2,167 | 1,193.2 |
| 2019 | #198 | 1,982 | 1,104.7 |
| 2020 | #213 | 1,771 | 1,026 |
| 2021 | #214 | 1,789 | 1,022.6 |
| 2022 | #220 | 1,672 | 957.6 |
| 2023 | #228 | 1,541 | 900.9 |
| 2024 | #241 | 1,453 | 843.4 |
| 2025 | #228 | 1,555 | 910.4 |
World rankings
Grant for boys
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Grant on lists
Famous Grants
- Grant DeVolson WoodBoy
American painter
- Grant MorrisonBoy
Scottish comic book writer
- Grant GreenBoy
American jazz musician and composer
- Grantley Jonathan "Grant" NicholasBoy
Welsh musician of rock band Feeder
- Grant GoodeveBoy
American actor
- (Thomas) Grant GustinBoy
American Actor
- Grant Scott FuhrBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- Grant William MascheBoy
sextuplet on reality TV show "Raising Sextuplets"
- Grant Alan ShowBoy
American actor
- Grant ChestnutBoy
son of American actor Morris Chestnut
- Grant Henry HillBoy
American pro basketballer
- Grant RobisonBoy
American Olympic runner
- (Herbert) Grant AdcoxBoy
American NASCAR driver
- Grant Masaru ImaharaBoy
American electronics expert on TV's "Mythbusters"
- Ulysses Simpson GrantBoy
18th President of the United States; Union Civil War general
- Cary GrantBoy
Anglo,American actor
Grant in pop culture
- Grant LoudBoy
character in An American Family
- Grant MitchellBoy
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Grant MitchellBoy
character on Australian soap "Home & Away"
- Grant WardBoy
an agent on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Grant BrodyBoy
character in video game "Far Cry 3"
- Grant WilsonBoy
character in 2016 TV movie "Backstabbed"
- GrantBoy
rock type gym leader in Pokémon XY
- Grant DevonBoy
character on TV's "Famous in Love"
- Grant MacLarenBoy
character on "TV's Travelers"
- Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers aka Captain AmericaBoy
Marvel Comics superhero
- Fitzgerald Thomas Grant IIIBoy
character on Scandal