Baby Name Popularity Profile

Grant

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Grant.

✦ Great, large 🌍 French, English Traditional
National Rank (2025) #228
All-Time Peak Rank #115 Achieved 1997
Total U.S. Births 136,462 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 99.9% Boy / 0.1% Girl Male Archetype
First Recorded 1880 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2000s 3,315 births in 1997
πŸ’‘ The Grant Vibe: Considered a Declining Classic. A previously dominant name currently experiencing a prolonged generational cooling period.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Great, large
Language Origin French, English
Origin Type multiple
Derived from the Old French word 'grand' or 'graunt', meaning 'great' or 'large'. It was originally a descriptive nickname or surname.
Pronunciation: GRANT
Themes & Categories
Etymology confidence: High

πŸ“Š Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Grant across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) -12.2%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) -34.1%
2015: 2,361 births 2,361 2016: 2,352 births 2017: 2,294 births 2018: 2,167 births 2019: 1,983 births 2020: 1,771 births 1,771 2021: 1,790 births 2022: 1,672 births 2023: 1,541 births 2024: 1,458 births 2025: 1,555 births 1,555
2015 2020 2025

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 3,315 births in 1997
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 146 yrs
Longest Streak 146 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 459
1890s: 614
1900s: 640
1910s: 2,718
1920s: 3,626
1930s: 2,749
1940s: 3,966
1950s: 5,733
1960s: 6,805
1970s: 7,200
1980s: 14,522
1990s: 25,457
2000s: 28,416
2010s: 23,770
2020s: 9,787

πŸ“ Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Grant
Letter Count 5 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 7.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 7.7% of SSA names. Starts with G, a letter used by only 2.3% of SSA names.

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πŸ“ Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Utah
Top States Utah, Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon, Nebraska
States with Data 51
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Utah #162 3,047 2009 32.0% Decline
Idaho #221 1,124 2014 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #269 4,745 1995 45.2% Decline
Oregon #300 2,329 2001 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska #190 1,868 2001 Insufficient historical volume
North Dakota #208 822 1995 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #211 3,079 1995 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #201 2,756 2001 2.9% Decline
Kansas #239 2,289 1997 Insufficient historical volume
Hawaii Unranked 656 1978 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #243 3,175 1999 13.5% Decline
Missouri #216 4,341 2003 40.0% Decline
South Dakota #235 640 2001 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #221 4,463 1997 33.3% Decline
Wisconsin #119 3,685 2011 +21.4% Growth
Nevada #194 615 2015 Insufficient historical volume
Montana #184 504 1975 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #158 7,607 1997 10.3% Decline
Alaska Unranked 227 1983 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #239 1,961 2008 2.9% Decline
Oklahoma #300 2,120 1999 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #236 5,818 1996 35.8% Decline
Louisiana #259 2,587 2001 25.9% Decline
Maryland #216 2,100 2014 18.2% Decline
Illinois #182 6,702 1995 13.3% Decline
California #324 13,084 1995 26.8% Decline
Virginia #138 2,850 2014 +14.0% Growth
Kentucky #194 2,142 2003 9.4% Decline
Arkansas #184 1,320 2000 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #250 3,400 2009 +4.2% Growth
Florida #263 4,137 1996 +12.7% Growth
Tennessee #212 2,538 2004 6.7% Decline
Texas #411 8,737 2000 31.7% Decline
North Carolina #280 3,265 2014 22.8% Decline
Pennsylvania #164 5,916 2014 12.2% Decline
Wyoming Unranked 135 1981 Insufficient historical volume
New Hampshire #78 303 2025 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia #135 846 2004 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #252 1,634 2003 Insufficient historical volume
Delaware Unranked 175 2003 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut #158 907 1996 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #278 1,114 1997 Insufficient historical volume
District of Columbia #147 314 2013 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #440 843 1996 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #241 1,725 1997 +33.3% Growth
Massachusetts #168 1,501 2018 +48.1% Growth
New York #247 4,486 2021 3.7% Decline
New Mexico Unranked 290 1995 Insufficient historical volume
Maine #113 236 2011 Insufficient historical volume
Rhode Island Unranked 111 2015 Insufficient historical volume
Vermont Unranked 20 1984 Insufficient historical volume

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