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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kraig

Kraig was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 523rd with 212 babies. More babies were named Kraig in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1968212 babies
Total since 1880
5,951babies recorded

Kraig popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020#11,3846
2010#8,5009
2000#3,04129
1990#974116
1980#95290
1970#558212
1960#617161
1950#1,22635
1940#3,3036
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Kraig, counting every spelling?

Kraig has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Kraig?

About 5,100 people born in the US named Kraig are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 40 and 61. That makes Kraig mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Kraig by state

How common Kraig was among boys born in each state in 1966–1970, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Minnesota (4.2×), Michigan (2.2×), Wisconsin (2.2×), Iowa (2.1×), Washington (2.1×). In 30 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesWI0.23Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesWA0.22Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesMT0.20North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesMN0.45Illinois: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesIL0.16Michigan: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesMI0.23New York: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNY0.05Massachusetts: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMA0.03Oregon: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesOR0.17Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesIA0.23Indiana: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesIN0.16Ohio: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesOH0.13Pennsylvania: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesPA0.08New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCT0.05Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCA0.09Utah: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesUT0.11Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNE0.14Missouri: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMO0.09Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesKS0.10Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesLA0.03Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesTX0.05Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kraig, boys, 1966–1970. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Kraig: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kraig, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Kraig

How popular is the name Kraig?

Kraig was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 523rd with 212 babies. More babies were named Kraig in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Kraig a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 5,951 boys.

Where was Kraig most popular?

In 1966–1970, Kraig was most common in Minnesota (0.45 per 1,000 boys), followed by Michigan and Wisconsin.