Grant is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1997 and has grown less common since.
Grant is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #228 for boy births in the United States (and #437 across all names), given to 1,555 babies. Grant was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1997 (3,315 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,555 | 1,555 | — | #228 |
| 2024 | 1,458 | 1,458 | — | #241 |
| 2023 | 1,541 | 1,541 | — | #228 |
| 2022 | 1,672 | 1,672 | — | #220 |
| 2021 | 1,790 | 1,790 | — | #214 |
| 2020 | 1,771 | 1,771 | — | #213 |
| 2019 | 1,988 | 1,988 | #16,391 | #198 |
| 2018 | 2,167 | 2,167 | — | #184 |
| 2017 | 2,294 | 2,294 | — | #173 |
| 2016 | 2,352 | 2,352 | — | #171 |
| 2015 | 2,361 | 2,361 | — | #177 |
| 2014 | 2,654 | 2,654 | #12,317 | #155 |
| 2013 | 2,419 | 2,419 | — | #169 |
| 2012 | 2,470 | 2,470 | — | #163 |
| 2011 | 2,541 | 2,541 | — | #151 |
| 2010 | 2,537 | 2,537 | — | #155 |
| 2009 | 2,735 | 2,735 | #14,203 | #145 |
| 2008 | 2,866 | 2,866 | — | #143 |
| 2007 | 2,569 | 2,569 | — | #161 |
| 2006 | 2,696 | 2,696 | #12,790 | #155 |
| 2005 | 2,664 | 2,664 | #15,149 | #154 |
| 2004 | 2,825 | 2,825 | #9,469 | #141 |
| 2003 | 2,917 | 2,917 | — | #137 |
| 2002 | 3,078 | 3,078 | — | #127 |
| 2001 | 2,929 | 2,929 | #16,207 | #135 |
| 2000 | 3,174 | 3,174 | — | #123 |
| 1999 | 2,939 | 2,939 | — | #128 |
| 1998 | 3,019 | 3,019 | #14,960 | #127 |
| 1997 | 3,315 | — | — | #115 |
| 1996 | 3,205 | — | — | #119 |
| 1995 | 3,211 | — | #14,211 | #116 |
| 1994 | 2,278 | — | — | #152 |
| 1993 | 2,160 | — | — | #151 |
| 1992 | 1,921 | — | #9,800 | #167 |
| 1991 | 1,739 | — | #12,029 | #182 |
| 1990 | 1,699 | — | #13,733 | #183 |
| 1989 | 1,680 | — | — | #180 |
| 1988 | 1,635 | — | #7,316 | #172 |
| 1987 | 1,572 | — | #9,110 | #175 |
| 1986 | 1,498 | — | #5,268 | #179 |
| 1985 | 1,662 | — | #6,616 | #166 |
| 1984 | 1,598 | — | #6,991 | #169 |
| 1983 | 1,559 | — | #6,903 | #167 |
| 1982 | 1,176 | — | #8,534 | #211 |
| 1981 | 1,107 | — | #9,483 | #222 |
| 1980 | 1,116 | — | #6,977 | #217 |
| 1979 | 1,018 | — | #7,541 | #226 |
| 1978 | 822 | — | #10,287 | #249 |
| 1977 | 731 | — | #8,811 | #270 |
| 1976 | 717 | — | — | #270 |
| 1975 | 724 | — | #9,556 | #269 |
| 1974 | 617 | — | — | #300 |
| 1973 | 581 | — | #7,755 | #304 |
| 1972 | 577 | — | — | #318 |
| 1971 | 668 | — | #6,850 | #299 |
| 1970 | 787 | — | #8,427 | #271 |
| 1969 | 658 | — | — | #295 |
| 1968 | 573 | — | — | #316 |
| 1967 | 577 | — | — | #307 |
| 1966 | 626 | — | — | #295 |
| 1965 | 619 | — | — | #302 |
| 1964 | 669 | — | — | #303 |
| 1963 | 780 | — | — | #276 |
| 1962 | 772 | — | — | #278 |
| 1961 | 813 | — | — | #275 |
| 1960 | 718 | — | — | #293 |
| 1959 | 590 | — | — | #320 |
| 1958 | 587 | — | — | #313 |
| 1957 | 639 | — | — | #298 |
| 1956 | 613 | — | — | #300 |
| 1955 | 610 | — | — | #290 |
| 1954 | 620 | — | — | #282 |
| 1953 | 551 | — | — | #300 |
| 1952 | 550 | — | — | #303 |
| 1951 | 504 | — | — | #309 |
| 1950 | 469 | — | — | #317 |
| 1949 | 465 | — | — | #314 |
| 1948 | 419 | — | — | #327 |
| 1947 | 451 | — | — | #323 |
| 1946 | 388 | — | — | #326 |
| 1945 | 343 | — | — | #321 |
| 1944 | 390 | — | — | #306 |
| 1943 | 417 | — | — | #302 |
| 1942 | 403 | — | — | #304 |
| 1941 | 373 | — | — | #300 |
| 1940 | 317 | — | — | #315 |
| 1939 | 290 | — | — | #323 |
| 1938 | 285 | — | — | #329 |
| 1937 | 275 | — | — | #328 |
| 1936 | 251 | — | — | #343 |
| 1935 | 288 | — | — | #322 |
| 1934 | 271 | — | — | #331 |
| 1933 | 253 | — | — | #334 |
| 1932 | 271 | — | — | #334 |
| 1931 | 261 | — | — | #337 |
| 1930 | 304 | — | — | #318 |
| 1929 | 296 | — | — | #321 |
| 1928 | 309 | — | — | #319 |
| 1927 | 347 | — | — | #308 |
| 1926 | 338 | — | #5,170 | #310 |
| 1925 | 373 | — | — | #297 |
| 1924 | 368 | — | — | #296 |
| 1923 | 381 | — | — | #287 |
| 1922 | 417 | — | — | #276 |
| 1921 | 411 | — | — | #274 |
| 1920 | 391 | — | — | #282 |
| 1919 | 406 | — | — | #264 |
| 1918 | 435 | — | — | #254 |
| 1917 | 398 | — | — | #253 |
| 1916 | 351 | — | — | #273 |
| 1915 | 357 | — | — | #253 |
| 1914 | 253 | — | — | #275 |
| 1913 | 186 | — | — | #290 |
| 1912 | 169 | — | — | #272 |
| 1911 | 67 | — | — | #335 |
| 1910 | 96 | — | — | #245 |
| 1909 | 59 | — | — | #296 |
| 1908 | 79 | — | — | #235 |
| 1907 | 75 | — | — | #237 |
| 1906 | 64 | — | — | #247 |
| 1905 | 63 | — | — | #246 |
| 1904 | 58 | — | — | #250 |
| 1903 | 61 | — | — | #232 |
| 1902 | 54 | — | — | #253 |
| 1901 | 45 | — | — | #257 |
| 1900 | 82 | — | — | #218 |
| 1899 | 40 | — | — | #275 |
| 1898 | 52 | — | — | #244 |
| 1897 | 72 | — | — | #199 |
| 1896 | 71 | — | — | #212 |
| 1895 | 77 | — | — | #192 |
| 1894 | 62 | — | — | #215 |
| 1893 | 55 | — | — | #231 |
| 1892 | 64 | — | — | #219 |
| 1891 | 56 | — | — | #211 |
| 1890 | 65 | — | — | #203 |
| 1889 | 39 | — | — | #268 |
| 1888 | 45 | — | — | #266 |
| 1887 | 48 | — | — | #228 |
| 1886 | 69 | — | — | #195 |
| 1885 | 59 | — | — | #207 |
| 1884 | 41 | — | — | #265 |
| 1883 | 32 | — | — | #290 |
| 1882 | 41 | — | — | #268 |
| 1881 | 33 | — | — | #273 |
| 1880 | 52 | — | — | #228 |