Boys' name · since 1995
Crew
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 12,509 babies named Crew, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,062 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #256 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,509
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Crew currently ranks #256 among boys' names in America, with 12,509 babies recorded since 1995.
Crew has 12,509 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #256 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #1,062 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #256 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 12,509 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Crew ranks #1,062 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #256 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 12,509 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,062 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #256 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,509
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Crew's 12,509 recorded births place it above 97.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Utah.
How Crew compares
12,509 Top 8% higher than 92% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Crew's all-time total is 34x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Crew | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,509 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,415 | 34 | 22,252 |
Crew's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Crew's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 94% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 6%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 1,415, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Crew popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 1,415
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Crew popularity over time - girls
71 total births recorded since 2015 (Crew as girls' name)
Crew by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7,944 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Crew's strongest decade.
7,944 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Crew births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 640
2000s
640 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,877 births
- 2020s
2020s
7,944 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7,944 births (64% of all-time use).
How Crew compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Crew's total volume
Crew by state
Where Crew concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 877 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 841 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 762 | 6.1% |
| #4 | California | | 681 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 475 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 454 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 453 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 415 | 3.3% |
877 of 12,509 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Crew appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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- Utah records the most Crews (877 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Crew: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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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, 1995–2025 (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 Crew 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.