Grant
Grant was the 228th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 1,555 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 115th with 3,315 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 51 places. More babies were named Grant in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning large, tall (nickname) · Norman French, Latin, Scottish
Say it GRANT /ɡrænt/
- Rank in 2025
- #228 boys, down 15 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,555boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19973,315 babies
- Total since 1880
- 136,669babies recorded
What does the name Grant mean?
Grant is a surname and Scottish clan name that began as a nickname for a big or tall person. Wiktionary traces it through Scottish Gaelic Grannd and Anglo-Norman graunt, 'big, large', to Latin grandis; Wikipedia agrees. As a first name it is a transferred surname, used mostly for boys; Wikipedia notes it was originally a nickname for people of remarkable size.
graunt (Anglo-Norman, “big, large”)grandis (Latin, “large, great”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Grantham.
See also: French names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Grant', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Grant (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Grant popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 207 since 1926.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #228 | 1,555 |
| 2020 | #213 | 1,771 |
| 2010 | #155 | 2,537 |
| 2000 | #123 | 3,174 |
| 1990 | #183 | 1,694 |
| 1980 | #217 | 1,107 |
| 1970 | #271 | 782 |
| 1960 | #293 | 718 |
| 1950 | #317 | 469 |
| 1940 | #315 | 317 |
| 1930 | #318 | 304 |
| 1920 | #282 | 391 |
| 1910 | #245 | 96 |
| 1900 | #218 | 82 |
| 1890 | #203 | 65 |
| 1880 | #228 | 52 |
How popular is Grant, counting every spelling?
Grant has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #244 for boys in 2025, against #228 on the official list, because Kayson/Kaison/Kaysen and Eric/Erick/Erik and Zayn/Zayne/Zain move ahead once their spellings are combined.
How many kids will share the name Grant?
1,555 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Grant (0.43 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Grant born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 5 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Grant.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Grant?
About 117,300 people born in the US named Grant are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 15 and 38. That makes Grant mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Grant by state
How common Grant was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Hampshire (2.5×), Wisconsin (2.3×), West Virginia (2.2×), Idaho (2.2×), Delaware (2.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Mexico, Texas, Rhode Island.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Grant: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Grant, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Grant · Sibling names for Grant
Questions about the name Grant
What does Grant mean?
Grant means “large, tall (nickname)” (Norman French, Latin, Scottish origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Grant?
Grant was the 228th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 1,555 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 115th with 3,315 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 51 places. More babies were named Grant in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Grant a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Grant in the US.
Where is Grant most popular?
In 2021–2025, Grant was most common in New Hampshire (2.34 per 1,000 boys), followed by Wisconsin and West Virginia.