Crawford

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #2,091 for boys in 2025, 70 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1896 · 20 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,710
since 1880

Crawford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Crawford has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #438, 1896boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#2,09170
2024#12,1617#2,55952
2023#11,1698#2,54152
2022#11,2318#2,26963
2021#13,4646#2,46454
2020—#2,29259
2019—#2,08169
2018—#2,04670
2017—#2,49351
2016—#2,30557
2015#14,4826#2,16963
2014#14,5586#2,20561
2013—#3,06036
2012#13,4837#2,81142
2011—#3,30633
2010—#3,53130
2009—#4,42922
2008—#3,34433
2007—#3,79327
2006—#4,67519
2005—#4,63118
2004—#3,15831
2003—#3,36627
2002—#5,72512
2001—#4,30218
2000—#3,92220
1999—#2,86529
1998—#3,70819
1997—#3,45520
1996—#3,02124
1995—#4,79112
1994—#4,09415
1993—#4,22714
1992—#3,92015
1991—#4,23113
1990—#3,30918
1989—#3,09419
1988—#4,16211
1987—#2,83818
1986—#3,00516
1985—#4,05210
1984—#2,36421
1983—#2,91215
1982—#3,28213
1981—#2,56918
1980—#2,96515
1979—#3,01814
1978—#3,61410
1977—#2,91014
1976—#3,09512
1975—#2,54016
1974—#2,45916
1973—#2,03620
1972—#2,53414
1971—#2,27917
1970—#2,39915
1969—#1,97718
1968—#1,96217
1967—#1,71121
1966—#1,45028
1965—#1,55925
1964—#1,72921
1963—#1,42630
1962—#1,31135
1961—#1,34935
1960—#1,34135
1959—#1,52227
1958—#1,22240
1957—#1,38832
1956—#1,38531
1955—#1,21938
1954—#99656
1953—#1,37830
1952—#1,15241
1951—#94355
1950—#92655
1949—#98550
1948—#1,03746
1947—#1,14840
1946—#1,15736
1945—#1,07836
1944—#90649
1943—#1,15535
1942—#1,00744
1941—#93846
1940—#85854
1939—#1,08535
1938—#1,12533
1937—#1,01639
1936—#1,06836
1935—#99241
1934—#1,00741
1933—#83455
1932—#93748
1931—#82558
1930—#74473
1929—#81563
1928—#96350
1927—#93754
1926—#90255
1925—#84362
1924—#69688
1923—#84664
1922—#81868
1921—#76077
1920—#86562
1919—#70479
1918—#69282
1917—#65084
1916—#75066
1915—#73466
1914—#74550
1913—#71142
1912—#71336
1911—#59726
1910—#65420
1909—#84012
1908—#58519
1907—#77812
1906—#67413
1905—#50720
1904—#58715
1903—#8468
1902—#68711
1901—#53614
1900—#47723
1899—#7149
1898—#57314
1897—#61512
1896—#43820
1895—#64011
1894—#63111
1893—#57212
1892—#57213
1891—#44116
1890——
1889—#58111
1888—#60911
1887—#46114
1886—#47015
1885—#7008
1884—#61310
1883—#59710
1882—#46915
1881—#50312
1880—#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Crawford was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Crawford is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Crawford
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 468 spots since 2024 (#2,559 → #2,091)
  • 201 spots since 2020 (#2,292 → #2,091)
  • 78 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #2,091)
  • Biggest jump: 382 spots in 1954 (#1,378 → #996)
  • Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1909 (#585 → #840)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1896 at #438 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1891–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,978
  • Highest: 1 in 5,978 boys born in 1896 were named Crawford (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,401 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.7% of all boys named Crawford (643) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s114#461 (1887)#569
1890s118#438 (1896)#577
1900s147#477 (1900)#652
1910s551#597 (1911)#695
1920s643#696 (1924)#845
1930s459#744 (1930)#963
1940s436#858 (1940)#1,027
1950s405#926 (1950)#1,213
1960s265#1,311 (1962)#1,582
1970s148#2,036 (1973)#2,688
1980s156#2,364 (1984)#3,124
1990s179#2,865 (1999)#3,762
2000s227#3,158 (2004)#4,135
2010s512#2,046 (2018)#2,601
2020s350#2,091 (2025)#2,369

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Crawford in 1882

boys
#469
15 births · 1 in 7,579 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #469Crawford15
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 7,579 of them was named Crawford, which outranked 57.3% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Crawford
  1. #453Sterling16
  2. #453Troy16
  3. #453Waldo16
  4. #469Crawford15
  5. #469Allan15
  6. #469Barton15
  7. #469Clair15
  8. #489Adelbert14
  9. #489Adolphus14
  10. #489Alpha14

Tied with 19 names at #469; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Clarance#866 → #399
  2. ↑ 429Webster#866 → #437
  3. ↑ 365Neil#781 → #416
  4. ↑ 352Cliff#866 → #514
  5. ↑ 352Elmore#866 → #514
Fallers
  1. ↓ 501Verne#442 → #943
  2. ↓ 483Newell#460 → #943
  3. ↓ 456Merritt#487 → #943
  4. ↓ 440Solon#503 → #943
  5. ↓ 395Almon#442 → #837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882 →