Peak popularity
2002
Usually for
Girls
Trend
Holding steady
Holding steady.
Popularity of Grainne since 1969
Babies named Grainne per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1989, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Grainne's real moment was 2002.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 |
| 1970s | 5 |
| 1980s | 9 |
| 1990s | 23 |
| 2000s | 50 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
“Grainne” around the world
Where Grainne lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
Ireland
28
babies in 2025
Sources: CSO Ireland (Ireland).
