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Baby name
Grant
Boy
Origin of the name
Grant was first a Norman nickname and surname, from grand, “tall, great.” General and president Ulysses S. Grant bore it.
Classic name
136,462births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 115rank at its peak, in 1997
Where babies named Grant are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Grant is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Grant is most common in Utah (2.8 times), Idaho (2.1) and Minnesota (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Brant 9,569
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