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: #438
1896 · 20 births
Debut · boys: 1880
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.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Year	girls		boys
	rank	births	rank	births
2025	#10,917	8	#2,091	70
2024	#12,161	7	#2,559	52
2023	#11,169	8	#2,541	52
2022	#11,231	8	#2,269	63
2021	#13,464	6	#2,464	54
2020	—		#2,292	59
2019	—		#2,081	69
2018	—		#2,046	70
2017	—		#2,493	51
2016	—		#2,305	57
2015	#14,482	6	#2,169	63
2014	#14,558	6	#2,205	61
2013	—		#3,060	36
2012	#13,483	7	#2,811	42
2011	—		#3,306	33
2010	—		#3,531	30
2009	—		#4,429	22
2008	—		#3,344	33
2007	—		#3,793	27
2006	—		#4,675	19
2005	—		#4,631	18
2004	—		#3,158	31
2003	—		#3,366	27
2002	—		#5,725	12
2001	—		#4,302	18
2000	—		#3,922	20
1999	—		#2,865	29
1998	—		#3,708	19
1997	—		#3,455	20
1996	—		#3,021	24
1995	—		#4,791	12
1994	—		#4,094	15
1993	—		#4,227	14
1992	—		#3,920	15
1991	—		#4,231	13
1990	—		#3,309	18
1989	—		#3,094	19
1988	—		#4,162	11
1987	—		#2,838	18
1986	—		#3,005	16
1985	—		#4,052	10
1984	—		#2,364	21
1983	—		#2,912	15
1982	—		#3,282	13
1981	—		#2,569	18
1980	—		#2,965	15
1979	—		#3,018	14
1978	—		#3,614	10
1977	—		#2,910	14
1976	—		#3,095	12
1975	—		#2,540	16
1974	—		#2,459	16
1973	—		#2,036	20
1972	—		#2,534	14
1971	—		#2,279	17
1970	—		#2,399	15
1969	—		#1,977	18
1968	—		#1,962	17
1967	—		#1,711	21
1966	—		#1,450	28
1965	—		#1,559	25
1964	—		#1,729	21
1963	—		#1,426	30
1962	—		#1,311	35
1961	—		#1,349	35
1960	—		#1,341	35
1959	—		#1,522	27
1958	—		#1,222	40
1957	—		#1,388	32
1956	—		#1,385	31
1955	—		#1,219	38
1954	—		#996	56
1953	—		#1,378	30
1952	—		#1,152	41
1951	—		#943	55
1950	—		#926	55
1949	—		#985	50
1948	—		#1,037	46
1947	—		#1,148	40
1946	—		#1,157	36
1945	—		#1,078	36
1944	—		#906	49
1943	—		#1,155	35
1942	—		#1,007	44
1941	—		#938	46
1940	—		#858	54
1939	—		#1,085	35
1938	—		#1,125	33
1937	—		#1,016	39
1936	—		#1,068	36
1935	—		#992	41
1934	—		#1,007	41
1933	—		#834	55
1932	—		#937	48
1931	—		#825	58
1930	—		#744	73
1929	—		#815	63
1928	—		#963	50
1927	—		#937	54
1926	—		#902	55
1925	—		#843	62
1924	—		#696	88
1923	—		#846	64
1922	—		#818	68
1921	—		#760	77
1920	—		#865	62
1919	—		#704	79
1918	—		#692	82
1917	—		#650	84
1916	—		#750	66
1915	—		#734	66
1914	—		#745	50
1913	—		#711	42
1912	—		#713	36
1911	—		#597	26
1910	—		#654	20
1909	—		#840	12
1908	—		#585	19
1907	—		#778	12
1906	—		#674	13
1905	—		#507	20
1904	—		#587	15
1903	—		#846	8
1902	—		#687	11
1901	—		#536	14
1900	—		#477	23
1899	—		#714	9
1898	—		#573	14
1897	—		#615	12
1896	—		#438	20
1895	—		#640	11
1894	—		#631	11
1893	—		#572	12
1892	—		#572	13
1891	—		#441	16
1890	—		—
1889	—		#581	11
1888	—		#609	11
1887	—		#461	14
1886	—		#470	15
1885	—		#700	8
1884	—		#613	10
1883	—		#597	10
1882	—		#469	15
1881	—		#503	12
1880	—		#682	8

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.

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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

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1880s	114	#461 (1887)	#569
1890s	118	#438 (1896)	#577
1900s	147	#477 (1900)	#652
1910s	551	#597 (1911)	#695
1920s	643	#696 (1924)	#845
1930s	459	#744 (1930)	#963
1940s	436	#858 (1940)	#1,027
1950s	405	#926 (1950)	#1,213
1960s	265	#1,311 (1962)	#1,582
1970s	148	#2,036 (1973)	#2,688
1980s	156	#2,364 (1984)	#3,124
1990s	179	#2,865 (1999)	#3,762
2000s	227	#3,158 (2004)	#4,135
2010s	512	#2,046 (2018)	#2,601
2020s	350	#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 1900

boys

#477

23 births · 1 in 6,542 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

#1John9,828
#2William8,579
#3James7,245
#4George5,403
#5Charles4,098
#6Robert3,821
#7Joseph3,714
#8Frank3,477
#9Edward2,720
#10Henry2,606
⋯
#477Crawford23

More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 6,542 of them was named Crawford, which outranked 68.3% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Crawford

#469Isadore24
#469Jefferson24
#469Wilford24
#477Crawford23
#477Benjiman23
#477Buford23
#477Elias23
#490Alford22
#490Berry22
#490Bertha22

Tied with 12 names at #477; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899

Risers

↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578

Fallers

↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900 →