Crawford
Crawford is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 52 births. Its best rank was 443rd, in 1896.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 520.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192488 births
- Best rank
- #443in 1896
- Since 1880
- 4,640people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,640 boys have been named Crawford in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 88 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 61 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Crawford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 114 | |
| 1890s | 118 | |
| 1900s | 147 | |
| 1910s | 551 | |
| 1920s | 643 | |
| 1930s | 459 | |
| 1940s | 436 | |
| 1950s | 405 | |
| 1960s | 265 | |
| 1970s | 148 | |
| 1980s | 156 | |
| 1990s | 179 | |
| 2000s | 227 | |
| 2010s | 512 | |
| 2020s | 280 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Crawford was the 697th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Crawford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Emilepeak 1922
- Emorypeak 1920
- Monroepeak 1921
- Valentinepeak 1918
- Luciouspeak 1926
- Raleighpeak 1921
- Noblepeak 1920
- Mackpeak 1942
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.