Masculine dossier · first seen 1985

Griffen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Griffen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

110

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1985Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

85.5%

2024

All-time

1,790

Griffen has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 110 boys were named Griffen.

In 2024, only 16 boys were given the name.

Down 85.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,790 Americans have been named Griffen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1985.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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