Granger
- Pronunciation
- [Gran-ger]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Farmer
- Origin
- English
Granger Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 2,043 baby boys have been named Granger. The name peaked in 2021 with 234 US births that year (rank #959). In 2024, ranked #1255 nationally — 296 places below its 2021 peak.
Top States for Granger
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Granger births are: Texas (170), Indiana (84), Ohio (58).
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Quick Facts About Granger
US Popularity History (2021–2021)
Annual US births named Granger by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2021 with 234 boys named Granger (boy rank #959 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Granger Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Granger the strongest states are Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma.
Strongest boys-name states
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | #956 | 24 |
| 2 | Virginia | #947 | 19 |
| 3 | Georgia | #925 | 29 |
| 4 | Michigan | #838 | 25 |
| 5 | Ohio | #821 | 53 |
| 6 | North Carolina | #805 | 31 |
| 7 | Tennessee | #786 | 47 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | #754 | 30 |
| 9 | Indiana | #676 | 89 |
| 10 | Alabama | #675 | 33 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Granger in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Granger to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Granger against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).