Kraig — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kraig

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,951 babies named Kraig between 1939 and 2020, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kraig currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 212 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kraig performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,845 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Kraig shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 439 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kraig in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kraig 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 5,951 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.