Crawford
Crawford was the 2097th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 1896, when it ranked 443rd; the most babies were born in 1924 (88). Over the last ten years it has moved up 75 places. More babies were named Crawford in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,097 boys, up 201 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 70boys
- Girls and boys
- 11% girls, 89% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192488 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,766babies recorded
Crawford popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,158 | #2,097 | 8 | 70 |
| 2020 | — | #2,298 | — | 59 |
| 2010 | — | #3,552 | — | 30 |
| 2000 | — | #3,939 | — | 20 |
| 1990 | — | #3,335 | — | 18 |
| 1980 | — | #2,986 | — | 15 |
| 1970 | — | #2,417 | — | 15 |
| 1960 | — | #1,343 | — | 35 |
| 1950 | — | #927 | — | 55 |
| 1940 | — | #859 | — | 54 |
| 1930 | — | #744 | — | 73 |
| 1920 | — | #865 | — | 62 |
| 1910 | — | #660 | — | 20 |
| 1900 | — | #479 | — | 23 |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | #695 | — | 8 |
How popular is Crawford, counting every spelling?
Crawford has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Crawford?
70 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Crawford (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Crawford born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 120 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Crawford.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Crawford?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Crawford are alive today, with a median age of 28; half are between 10 and 64. That makes Crawford mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Crawford by state
How common Crawford was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.8×). In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Crawford
How popular is the name Crawford?
Crawford was the 2097th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 1896, when it ranked 443rd; the most babies were born in 1924 (88). Over the last ten years it has moved up 75 places. More babies were named Crawford in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Crawford a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 11% girls, 89% boys given the name Crawford in the US.
Where is Crawford most popular?
In 2021–2025, Crawford was most common in Alabama (0.17 per 1,000 boys), followed by South Carolina and Texas.