Boys' name · since 1918

Cramer

55 babies named Cramer in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#21,488 of 45,481
all-time among boys
55
born since 1918
1990s
peak decade

55 boys have been named Cramer since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Cramer has 55 recorded births among boys since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1994.

  • #21,488 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 55 born since 1918
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cramer ranks #21,488 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1918, peaking in the 1990s.

#21,488 of 45,481
all-time among boys
55
born since 1918
1990s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Cramer's 55 recorded births place it above 52.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Cramer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Cramer splits its recorded history at 1989: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Cramer popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1994

Last recorded 1994
Peak year (1989)
14
Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
46810121416 19181919192819431989199019921994 7

Cramer by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (20 births, 36% of the file).

1990s was Cramer's strongest decade.

20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.

Cramer births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 20 births (36% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cramer? ▼
55 babies have been named Cramer since 1918. All-time, it sits at #21,488 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1994. The peak year was 1989 with 14 births.
Where does Cramer sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cramer ranks #21,488 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Cramer most popular? ▼
Cramer was most popular in the 1990s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
How long has the name Cramer been used? ▼
Cramer has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 77 years of data through 1994.
What names are similar to Cramer? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Craig, Crawford, Crayton, Craige, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Keep exploring Cramer

Nearby Names Like Cramer

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Cramer

Craig Boy
#1646 299,616 births
Crawford Boy
#2094 4,710 births
Crayton Boy
674 births
Craige Boy
371 births
Craven Boy
#12133 371 births

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Cramer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cramer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.