Crosby

Where Crosby comes from

From Old Norse kross (“cross”) + býr (“settlement”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Crosby
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Crosby through the years
  1. 1825
    Crosby Stuart Noyes born
    American publisher
  2. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1980
    Crosby Loggins born
    American musician
  4. 1999
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 2015
    Peak, #578
    484 babies named Crosby, the most in any year.
  6. 2021
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #943.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Crosby Loggins · American musician, born 1980
  • Crosby Stuart Noyes · American publisher, 1825–1908
  • Crosby Gaige · American writer and theatre producer, 1882–1949

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.