Grimes

Grimes is the 709th most common surname in the United States, shared by 47,264 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 6,324.

By the numbers

People: 47,264
Rank: 709th
How common: 1 in 6,324
Per 100,000: 15.8

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Grimes described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 72.1%
Black, not Hispanic 19.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Grimes

Grimes (born 1988)Canadian musician, singer, record producer and music video director
Shenae Grimes (born 1989)Canadian–American actress
Luke Grimes (born 1984)American actor
Scott Grimes (born 1971)actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter
Tammy Grimes (1934–2016)American actress and singer
Matt Grimes (born 1995)English association football player
Katie Grimes (born 2006)American swimmer
Camryn Grimes (born 1990)American actress

People named Grimes with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Grimes

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.