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Grant

Boy English #228 in 2023

Grant is a boy name of English origin.

Meaning of Grant

From Grannd, from graunt, from grant, from grandis. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of featured on it.

Popularity of Grant

Popularity, 1880–2023

1,541 births in 2023

1880 2023

133,443 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1997

3,315 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Boy · Ancient Greek

Also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e)

Boy · Germanic languages

Medieval short form of - compound names beginning with gari or geri ("spear"), such as Gerard, Gerald or Gerbert

Girl · English

Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

From Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from, from gloss=broom shrub + gloss=hill, dune

God is gracious

Girl · English

English place name from sċīr + lēah

Girl · English

Wished-for child; desired

About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.