Boys' name · since 1915
Crandall
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 292 babies named Crandall, peaking in 1969. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,729 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 292
- born since 1915
- 1980s
- peak decade
Crandall sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 292 recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Crandall has been recorded 292 times among boys since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2007.
- #10,729 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 292 born since 1915
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Crandall ranks #10,729 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 292 born since 1915, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,729 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 292
- born since 1915
- 1980s
- peak decade
Crandall's 292 recorded births place it above 76.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Crandall's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Crandall's full recorded timeline at 1971, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1969 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Crandall popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2007
- Peak year (1969)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Crandall by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (60 births, 21% of the file).
1980s was Crandall's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Crandall births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
33 births
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
46 births
- 1970s
1970s
55 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 60 births (21% of all-time use).
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- Crandall's decade-level peak was the 1980s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Crandall: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~92 yrs)
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, 1915–2007 (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 Crandall 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.