Criag — boys' name
308 babies named Criag in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Criag was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Criag in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Criag
The Social Security Administration has registered 308 babies named Criag between 1956 and 1991, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Criag currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Criag performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Criag shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Criag 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 308 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.
Criag at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Criag popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1956
- Peak year (1985)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
308 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 19 births in a single year.
Criag by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 117 births that decade — 38% of Criag's all-time total
Criag decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Criag's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.