Craig — #1833 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Craig

The Social Security Administration has registered 299,522 babies named Craig between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Craig currently holds the #1833 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 10,720 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Craig performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 84,711 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Craig shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 30,266 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Craig in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Craig in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 299,522 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.