Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 1993

Griselda

Meaning gray Gender Girl · 1% boys Rank 2025 #3,309 Trend ↑ Rising 11%

From the Old English elements *grīs (“gray”) +‎ hild (“battle”), meaning “gray battle-maid”.

Rank 2025
#3,309
among girls · ↑293 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
47
named Griselda · +9% vs 2024
How common
1 in 34,197
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1993
307 babies
All-time total
9,185
#1,778 all-time among girls
First recorded
1906
in Social Security records

Griselda popularity over time

9,185 babies have been named Griselda since 1906, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s 5 – 5 1 – #2,064
1910s 5 – 5 1 0% #3,398
1920s 23 – 23 2 +360% #4,509
1930s 41 – 41 4 +78% #2,747
1940s 77 – 77 8 +88% #2,748
1950s 208 – 208 21 +170% #1,828
1960s 550 – 550 55 +164% #1,057
1970s 1,703 10 1,713 171 +211% #679
1980s 2,231 46 2,277 228 +33% #653
1990s 2,299 5 2,304 230 +1% #698
2000s 1,227 – 1,227 123 -47% #1,267
2010s 489 – 489 49 -60% #2,917
2020s (to 2025) 266 – 266 44 -9% #3,201

Where Griselda is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 48 0.03 outside top 500
2027 49 0.03 outside top 500
2028 49 0.03 outside top 500
2029 50 0.03 outside top 500
2030 50 0.03 outside top 500

Where Griselda is most popular

Girls named Griselda per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.027 per 1,000. Strongest in California, Alabama, and Texas.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Griselda born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
California 67 0.080 +193%
Alabama 5 0.053 +95%
Texas 41 0.051 +87%
Alaska – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Florida – – –
Georgia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Illinois – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Carolina – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
New York – – –
Ohio – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Utah – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Griselda

Griselda is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #3,309 in 2025 with 47 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1906, 9,185 American babies have been named Griselda. Its peak came in 1993, when 307 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Griselda stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Griselda?

The median living Griselda is about 36 years old; half are between 27 and 46. An estimated 8,800 people named Griselda are alive in the United States today.

median 36 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Griselda year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 47 #3,309 – –
2024 43 #3,602 – –
2023 51 #3,201 – –
2022 44 #3,556 – –
2021 36 #4,050 – –
2020 45 #3,419 – –
2019 44 #3,517 – –
2018 42 #3,637 – –
2017 44 #3,505 – –
2016 54 #3,074 – –
2015 44 #3,552 – –
2014 55 #3,055 – –
2013 51 #3,192 – –
2012 48 #3,390 – –
2011 48 #3,371 – –
2010 59 #2,917 – –
2009 96 #2,108 – –
2008 90 #2,210 – –
2007 101 #2,025 – –
2006 110 #1,854 – –
2005 119 #1,674 – –
2004 116 #1,671 – –
2003 162 #1,285 – –
2002 154 #1,276 – –
2001 125 #1,500 – –
2000 154 #1,267 – –
1995 239 #822 – –
1990 287 #729 – –
1985 229 #753 9 #4,454
1980 250 #690 – –
1975 171 #804 5 #5,780
1970 99 #1,173 – –
1965 47 #1,644 – –
1960 36 #1,904 – –
1955 14 #3,141 – –
1950 14 #2,821 – –
1945 6 #4,219 – –
1940 5 #4,620 – –
1935 7 #3,548 – –
1930 9 #3,171 – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Griselda

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Griselda Blanco Griselda Blanco Colombian drug lord (1943–2012) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Griselda, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Griselda?

The median living Griselda is about 36 years old. Half of all living Griseldas are between 27 and 46 years old.

How many people named Griselda are alive today?

An estimated 8,800 people named Griselda are alive in the United States, based on 9,185 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Griselda mean?

From the Old English elements *grīs (“gray”) +‎ hild (“battle”), meaning “gray battle-maid”.

How popular is the name Griselda in 2025?

Griselda ranked #3,309 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 47 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Griselda?

9,185 babies have been named Griselda in the United States since 1906, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Griselda most popular?

Griselda peaked in 1993, when 307 newborns received the name.

Is Griselda a boy or girl name?

Griselda is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Griselda rising or falling?

Griselda has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Griselda become more popular?

Griselda is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 50 girls named Griselda in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Griselda?

Well-known people named Griselda include Griselda Blanco (mafioso).

Names like Griselda

Names that sound and feel close to Griselda: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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