Boys' name · since 1956
Criag
Criag has 308 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,425 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 308
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Criag sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 308 recorded since 1956.
Criag has 308 recorded births among boys since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1991.
- #10,425 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 308 born since 1956
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Criag ranks #10,425 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 308 born since 1956, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,425 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 308
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Criag's 308 recorded births place it above 77.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Criag's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Criag splits its recorded history at 1976: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Criag popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1991
- Peak year (1985)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Criag by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (117 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Criag's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Criag births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
111 births
- 1980s
1980s
117 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 117 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Criag's decade-level peak was the 1980s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- 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 Criag: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1956–1991 (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 Criag 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.