Craig
Craig was given to 102 boys in 2025, #1,644 among boys’ names; 300,628 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 238,000 Americans named Craig and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 46 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Craig by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Craig mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Craig is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “rock” (craig).
From craig (“rock”).
/ˈkɹɛɡ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Craig?
#1,644 among boys’ names, 2025
Craig fell from #910 in 2015 to #1,644 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.12 to 0.06 per 1,000.
10,744 babies in 1960, the peak
Craig peaked in 1960, when 10,744 babies were given it (10,724 boys, #41 among boys’ names). The 102 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | #1,644 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 88 | #1,836 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 115 | #1,531 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,499 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,444 | 0.07 |
| 2020 | 149 | #1,245 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 205 | #1,013 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,181 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 210 | #980 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 238 | #905 | 0.13 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 237 | #910 | 0.12 |
| 2014 | 228 | #931 | 0.12 |
| 2013 | 268 | #814 | 0.14 |
| 2012 | 291 | #778 | 0.15 |
| 2011 | 272 | #806 | 0.14 |
| 2010 | 362 | #664 | 0.19 |
| 2009 | 368 | #666 | 0.19 |
| 2008 | 428 | #589 | 0.21 |
| 2007 | 471 | #546 | 0.23 |
| 2006 | 463 | #547 | 0.23 |
| 2005 | 504 | #491 | 0.25 |
| 2004 | 523 | #479 | 0.26 |
| 2003 | 607 | #424 | 0.31 |
| 2002 | 689 | #379 | 0.35 |
| 2001 | 682 | #381 | 0.35 |
| 2000 | 808 | #340 | 0.41 |
| 1999 | 854 | #327 | 0.44 |
| 1998 | 880 | #315 | 0.46 |
| 1997 | 1,098 | #257 | 0.58 |
| 1996 | 1,198 | #247 | 0.63 |
| 1995 | 1,355 | #219 | 0.71 |
| 1994 | 1,507 | #198 | 0.78 |
| 1993 | 1,837 | #175 | 0.94 |
| 1992 | 2,070 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1991 | 2,399 | #135 | 1.2 |
| 1990 | 2,907 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1989 | 3,155 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 1988 | 3,306 | #96 | 1.7 |
| 1987 | 3,364 | #88 | 1.8 |
| 1986 | 3,926 | #80 | 2.1 |
| 1985 | 3,952 | #79 | 2.1 |
| 1984 | 3,959 | #75 | 2.2 |
| 1983 | 4,084 | #70 | 2.3 |
| 1982 | 4,018 | #73 | 2.2 |
| 1981 | 4,097 | #72 | 2.3 |
| 1980 | 4,234 | #73 | 2.4 |
| 1979 | 4,029 | #77 | 2.3 |
| 1978 | 4,472 | #66 | 2.7 |
| 1977 | 4,560 | #64 | 2.8 |
| 1976 | 4,732 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 1975 | 5,110 | #58 | 3.3 |
| 1974 | 5,539 | #57 | 3.5 |
| 1973 | 6,295 | #48 | 4.0 |
| 1972 | 6,729 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1971 | 7,957 | #43 | 4.5 |
| 1970 | 9,364 | #39 | 5.0 |
| 1969 | 8,783 | #39 | 4.9 |
| 1968 | 7,858 | #41 | 4.5 |
| 1967 | 7,311 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1966 | 7,729 | #46 | 4.3 |
| 1965 | 7,877 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1964 | 7,752 | #48 | 3.9 |
| 1963 | 7,899 | #51 | 3.9 |
| 1962 | 8,544 | #51 | 4.1 |
| 1961 | 10,235 | #43 | 4.8 |
| 1960 | 10,724 | #41 | 5.0 |
| 1959 | 9,933 | #44 | 4.7 |
| 1958 | 7,272 | #53 | 3.4 |
| 1957 | 7,069 | #55 | 3.3 |
| 1956 | 7,422 | #51 | 3.5 |
| 1955 | 7,448 | #50 | 3.6 |
| 1954 | 7,180 | #51 | 3.5 |
| 1953 | 6,459 | #60 | 3.3 |
| 1952 | 6,187 | #59 | 3.2 |
| 1951 | 5,623 | #63 | 3.0 |
| 1950 | 4,888 | #69 | 2.7 |
| 1949 | 4,328 | #77 | 2.4 |
| 1948 | 3,985 | #82 | 2.3 |
| 1947 | 3,640 | #93 | 2.0 |
| 1946 | 2,471 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1945 | 1,597 | #134 | 1.2 |
| 1944 | 1,321 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1943 | 1,132 | #164 | 0.79 |
| 1942 | 892 | #175 | 0.65 |
| 1941 | 539 | #236 | 0.44 |
| 1940 | 384 | #285 | 0.33 |
| 1939 | 348 | #300 | 0.31 |
| 1938 | 321 | #307 | 0.29 |
| 1937 | 330 | #297 | 0.31 |
| 1936 | 205 | #384 | 0.20 |
| 1935 | 170 | #430 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 138 | #487 | 0.13 |
| 1933 | 111 | #541 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 106 | #576 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 112 | #555 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 105 | #585 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 106 | #580 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 85 | #687 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 102 | #620 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 80 | #713 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 97 | #645 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 87 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 112 | #596 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 81 | #730 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 80 | #738 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 77 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 57 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 89 | #653 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 59 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 57 | #825 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 72 | #684 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 38 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 37 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 26 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,056 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,223 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 12 | #852 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 10 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,016 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 16 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,247 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 7 | #926 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,180 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 6 | #973 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 9 | #917 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,083 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 8 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 7 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 7 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 5 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 5 | #895 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Craig a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Craig has been given almost only to boys: 1,012 girls in 133 years of records.
Girls and boys named Craig: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Craig, and how old are they?
238,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 300,628 Americans ever recorded as Craig. The median Craig alive today is 57 years old; half are between 46 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 244,493 people named Craig (265 women and girls, 244,228 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 253,838 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,580 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 89,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 90,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 44,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 9,120 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,230 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Craig born?
The states with the most babies named Craig are California, New York and Pennsylvania, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 30,288 | #1,861 | 1.0× |
| New York | 24,566 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 18,510 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 18,261 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 17,741 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 16,915 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 12,210 | #2,126 | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 10,248 | #1,054 | 1.1× |
| Wisconsin | 9,983 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Minnesota | 9,847 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Craig is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Craig is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Craig with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 306,579 babies since 1880, Craig is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 102 of their 102 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Craig
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Craig and names like it
- Compare Craig and KraigBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sCraig peaked in 1960.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Craig since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Craig: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Craig.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Craig alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.