Granger Boy
How popular is Granger?
#1,634 boy name in 2025
103 baby boys were named Granger in the US in 2025, making it the 1634th most popular boy name.
Granger popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,634 for boys (▼ 378 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 103 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,189 in 2015, #1,069 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (234 boys) |
| Highest rank | #957 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Granger counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Granger family of names ranked #1,339 for boys in 2025 (#1,087 the year before), with 113 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granger | 103 | 91% |
| Grainger | 10 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Granger is most popular
Babies named Granger per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Granger by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #2,543 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1940s | 6 | #3,172 |
| 1950s | 23 | #2,530 |
| 1960s | 60 | #2,860 |
| 1970s | 32 | #4,010 |
| 1980s | 34 | #4,493 |
| 1990s | 69 | #4,868 |
| 2000s | 105 | #5,482 |
| 2010s | 724 | #1,188 |
| 2020s | 1,069 | #957 |
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Questions
- Is Granger a boy or girl name?
- Granger is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Granger were boys.
- How popular is the name Granger?
- 103 baby boys were named Granger in the US in 2025, making it the 1634th most popular boy name.
- When was Granger most popular?
- Granger peaked in 2021, when 234 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #957 in 2021.
- How many people are named Granger?
- 2,153 babies have been named Granger in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,092 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Granger most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Granger was most common in Indiana, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.