Boys' name · since 1915
Crispin
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 1,818 babies named Crispin, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #3,503 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,420 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,818
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Crispin currently ranks #5420 among boys' names in America, with 1,818 babies recorded since 1915.
Crispin has 1,818 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5420 as of the latest data, more common than 61% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #3,503 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,420 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,818 born since 1915
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Crispin ranks #3,503 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,420 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,818 born since 1915, peaking in the 1970s.
- #3,503 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,420 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,818
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Crispin's 1,818 recorded births place it above 92.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Crispin compares
1,818 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Crispin's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Crispin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,818 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 34 | 22,252 |
Crispin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Crispin's full recorded timeline at 1971, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Crispin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Crispin popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1967 (Crispin as girls' name)
Crispin by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (260 births, 14% of the file).
1970s was Crispin's strongest decade.
260 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Crispin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 41
1910s
41 births
- 1920s 88
1920s
88 births
- 1930s 83
1930s
83 births
- 1940s
1940s
127 births
- 1950s
1950s
158 births
- 1960s
1960s
153 births
- 1970s
1970s
260 births
- 1980s
1980s
197 births
- 1990s
1990s
203 births
- 2000s
2000s
233 births
- 2010s
2010s
189 births
- 2020s 86
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 260 births (14% of all-time use).
How Crispin 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 Crispin's total volume
Crispin by state
Where Crispin concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 313 | 17.2% |
| #2 | California | | 177 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.3% |
313 of 1,818 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Crispin's data
- Crispin's decade-level peak was the 1970s (260 total births); usage has since declined to 86 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Crispins (313 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Crispin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Crispin 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.