Kreig — boys' name
180 babies named Kreig in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Kreig was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Kreig in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kreig
The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Kreig between 1954 and 1996, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kreig currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kreig performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kreig shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kreig in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kreig 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 180 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.
Kreig at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kreig popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1954
- Peak year (1993)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
180 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 15 births in a single year.
Kreig by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 64 births that decade — 36% of Kreig's all-time total
Kreig decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kreig's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Kreig by state
Where Kreig concentrates geographically — total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 180 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 2.8% 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, 1954–1996 (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.