Gryffin
Masculine · “griffin”
Gryffin is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,114 boys against 20 girls since 1880.
Gryffin respells Griffin, and the beast — half eagle, half lion — was drawn from Greek stories of gold-guarding creatures beyond Scythia.
How old is the name Gryffin?
Gryffin first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Gryffin is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Gryffin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Gryffin most popular?
Gryffin peaked in 2019, reaching #1658 nationally. Today it ranks #2230, 572 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
Where it comes from
From gryps to Gryffin
The story of Gryffin
Herodotus reports gold-guarding griffins beyond the Scythians, and one modern theory links the image to fossil Protoceratops skulls in the Gobi. Separately, Gruffudd was a common Welsh name carried by princes. The Gryffin spelling is modern and appears in American records in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
griffin; strong lord
Two routes. From the Greek gryps, 'griffin', through Latin gryphus — the mythical beast. Or from the Welsh Gruffudd, generally read as 'strong lord', which English anglicized as Griffin. Both are genuine and both feed the modern name.
How the name formed
- gryps
- gryphus
- Griffin
- Gryffin
Related forms: Griffin · Gruffudd · Griffyn
Pronouncing Gryffin
GRIF-in
Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Gryffin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2000
- Most boys named
- 201997 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1658reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +14.5%63 in 2025, from 55
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Gryffin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Griffin in English — spelling variant
- Gruffudd in Welsh — related form
- Griffyn in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Ohio, California.
Gryffins among us
people named Gryffin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 27,112 born in 2025 was named Gryffin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Gryffin
- #2230
- Gryffin on the 2025 chart
- #211
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Gryffin went to 63 boys in 2025, but Griffin and Griffyn are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 1,708, which makes it the 211th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,019 places above the chart.
- Griffin1,627
- Gryffin63
- Griffyn18
About 1 boy in 1,000 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 27,112 for Gryffin itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Waleed test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Gryffin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Waleed climbed just as high around 1975, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Waleed's path sketches the road Gryffin is walking now.
Gryffin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Gryffin is headed
Gryffin is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Gryffin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Gryffin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That griffin legends may derive from fossil skulls is a first-rate idea.
- Griff and Fin are two short forms, both with real records.
- The Welsh route gives it a real princely history.
- Griffin is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
- The two origins are unrelated.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Gryffins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Gryffin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Gryffin?
- Gryffin is one of 3 recorded spellings. Griffin is the more common one — 1,627 births in 2025 against 63 for Gryffin.
- How popular is the name Gryffin in 2025?
- Gryffin ranks #2230 among US boy names in 2025, with 63 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Gryffin?
- About 1 in every 27,112 US boys born in 2025 was named Gryffin — 63 in all.
- Will my child share the name Gryffin with classmates?
- Gryffin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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