Crispin — #6843 US boys' name
1,800 babies named Crispin in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to boys today.
14% of everyone ever named Crispin was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Crispin in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Crispin
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,800 babies named Crispin between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Crispin currently holds the #6843 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Crispin performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Crispin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 313 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Crispin in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Crispin 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 1,800 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.
Crispin at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Crispin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2007)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #6843 among boys.
1,800 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 39 births in a single year.
Crispin popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1967 (Crispin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Crispin accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Crispin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 260 births that decade — 14% of Crispin's all-time total
Crispin decade highlights
- Peak decade 260 births
- Runner-up 233 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Crispin's strongest decade
260 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Crispin by state
Where Crispin concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 313 | 17.4% |
| #2 | California | | 177 | 9.8% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.3% |
313 of 1,800 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.4% of nationwide
- California 9.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1915–2024 (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.