Boys' name · since 1965
Krieg
Krieg has 43 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 43
- total births
- 1965–1994
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
Krieg sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 43 recorded since 1965.
Social Security Administration records show Krieg recorded 43 times among boys since 1965, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1994.
- 43 total births
- 1965–1994 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 60% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Krieg's 43 recorded births place it above 49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Krieg's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Krieg splits its recorded history at 1988: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Krieg popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1994
- Peak year (1985)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Krieg by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Krieg's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Krieg births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 26 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Krieg's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 1990s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1965–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Krieg: Baby Name Since 1965 - 43 Births, Peak 1985." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/krieg. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Krieg 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 July 2026.