Kraig

Where Kraig comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kraig.

Kraig through the years
  1. 1939
    First appearance
    #2,829 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Kraig Nienhuis born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  3. 1968
    Peak, #522
    212 babies named Kraig, the most in any year.
  4. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #807.
  5. 1984
    Kraig Chiles born
    American soccer player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Kraig Nienhuis · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1961
  • Kraig Chiles · American soccer player, born 1984
  • Kraig Paulsen · American politician, born 1964
  • Kraig Urbik · American football player, born 1985
  • Kraig Adler · American herpetologist, born 1940

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.