Kraig
- Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605
- Peak · boys
- 1968 · 212 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,951since 1939
Kraig over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kraig has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
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| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | #2,347 | 38 |
| 1998 | #2,126 | 43 |
| 1997 | #1,964 | 46 |
| 1996 | #1,552 | 64 |
| 1995 | #1,559 | 60 |
| 1994 | #1,421 | 68 |
| 1993 | #1,512 | 61 |
| 1992 | #1,135 | 94 |
| 1991 | #1,170 | 89 |
| 1990 | #970 | 116 |
| 1989 | #1,045 | 98 |
| 1988 | #819 | 133 |
| 1987 | #852 | 120 |
| 1986 | #840 | 116 |
| 1985 | #884 | 105 |
| 1984 | #835 | 110 |
| 1983 | #895 | 96 |
| 1982 | #868 | 105 |
| 1981 | #964 | 87 |
| 1980 | #945 | 90 |
| 1979 | #855 | 103 |
| 1978 | #908 | 90 |
| 1977 | #949 | 81 |
| 1976 | #866 | 93 |
| 1975 | #792 | 110 |
| 1974 | #807 | 99 |
| 1973 | #719 | 125 |
| 1972 | #646 | 152 |
| 1971 | #619 | 180 |
| 1970 | #556 | 212 |
| 1969 | #570 | 189 |
| 1968 | #522 | 212 |
| 1967 | #577 | 172 |
| 1966 | #587 | 164 |
| 1965 | #554 | 192 |
| 1964 | #585 | 183 |
| 1963 | #587 | 181 |
| 1962 | #549 | 205 |
| 1961 | #581 | 186 |
| 1960 | #615 | 161 |
| 1959 | #691 | 122 |
| 1958 | #682 | 125 |
| 1957 | #873 | 75 |
| 1956 | #840 | 79 |
| 1955 | #885 | 70 |
| 1954 | #1,020 | 54 |
| 1953 | #878 | 67 |
| 1952 | #1,111 | 43 |
| 1951 | #1,195 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,220 | 35 |
| 1949 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #1,336 | 30 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
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First appearance
1939
The first year at least five boys were named Kraig! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2013–2015, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kraig is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kraig in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1953
- Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1989
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1968 at #522 (212 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1955–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,198
- Highest: 1 in 8,198 boys born in 1968 were named Kraig (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,679 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 31.0% of all boys named Kraig (1,845) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | #2,829 (1939) | #2,829 |
| 1940s | 132 | #1,336 (1947) | #2,449 |
| 1950s | 707 | #682 (1958) | #940 |
| 1960s | 1,845 | #522 (1968) | #573 |
| 1970s | 1,245 | #556 (1970) | #772 |
| 1980s | 1,060 | #819 (1988) | #895 |
| 1990s | 679 | #970 (1990) | #1,576 |
| 2000s | 200 | #2,993 (2000) | #4,577 |
| 2010s | 70 | #5,945 (2011) | #8,832 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,605 (2020) | #10,605 |
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.
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