Crew
Crew was the 256th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 1,352 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 250th with 1,415 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 461 places. More babies were named Crew in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin uncertain · English, Welsh
Say it KROO /kru/
- Rank in 2025
- #256 boys, up 28 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,352boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20241,415 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,580babies recorded
What does the name Crew mean?
Crew is a recent American boy's name. Wiktionary explains the surname Crew as coming from the town of Crewe in Cheshire, whose name is from Old Welsh criu, 'weir'. Most parents, however, seem to choose it for the English word crew, a group of people working together, which came from Old French creue, 'reinforcement', from Latin crescere, 'to grow'. Both sources are documented; which applies depends on the family.
criu (Old Welsh, “weir”)creue (Old French, “increase, reinforcement”)
How sure is this? Uncertain. Surname from Crewe ('weir') or the English word crew; both are documented.
Related names: Crewe, Cru.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Crew', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'crew', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Crew popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 71 since 2015, 10 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #256 | 1,352 |
| 2020 | #284 | 1,189 |
| 2010 | #1,009 | 194 |
| 2000 | #4,620 | 16 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Crew, counting every spelling?
Crew is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #207 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #256 for Crew on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,867 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1,352 | #256 | 6,755 |
| Krew | 476 | #601 | 2,276 |
| Krewe | 20 | #4,968 | 63 |
| Crewe | 19 | #5,075 | 63 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Crew?
1,352 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Crew (0.37 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Crew 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 6 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Crew.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Crew?
About 12,400 people born in the US named Crew are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Crew a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Crew by state
How common Crew was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in South Dakota (3.4×), Utah (3.1×), Nebraska (3.1×), North Dakota (3.1×), Iowa (2.9×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in California, New York, Texas.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Crew: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Crew, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Crew · Sibling names for Crew
Questions about the name Crew
What does Crew mean?
The origin of Crew is uncertain: Surname from Crewe ('weir') or the English word crew; both are documented.
How popular is the name Crew?
Crew was the 256th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 1,352 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 250th with 1,415 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 461 places. More babies were named Crew in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Crew a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Crew in the US.
Where is Crew most popular?
In 2021–2025, Crew was most common in South Dakota (2.69 per 1,000 boys), followed by Utah and Nebraska.