Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Craig” in the USA?

Number of people named “Craig” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Craig” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Craig” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Craig” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Craig” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Craig” by birth year

This chart shows how “Craig” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 26 0.000026314 26 -100%
1913 37 0.000032539 37 -100%
1914 38 0.00002683 38 -100%
1915 72 0.000039292 72 -100%
1916 57 0.000029466 57 -100%
1917 59 0.000029401 59 -100%
1918 94 0.000043296 5 89 -89%
1919 57 0.000027011 57 -100%
1920 82 0.000036241 5 77 -88%
1921 80 0.000034269 80 -100%
1922 81 0.000035384 81 -100%
1923 112 0.000048643 112 -100%
1924 87 0.00003653 87 -100%
1925 97 0.000041572 97 -100%
1926 80 0.000034845 80 -100%
1927 102 0.000043978 102 -100%
1928 85 0.000037595 85 -100%
1929 106 0.000048354 106 -100%
1930 105 0.000047227 105 -100%
1931 112 0.000053222 112 -100%
1932 106 0.000050206 106 -100%
1933 111 0.000055515 111 -100%
1934 138 0.000066448 138 -100%
1935 170 0.000081344 170 -100%
1936 205 0.000098673 205 -100%
1937 330 0.000154881 330 -100%
1938 321 0.00014508 321 -100%
1939 348 0.000157935 348 -100%
1940 384 0.000166762 384 -100%
1941 539 0.000221226 539 -100%
1942 897 0.000328353 5 892 -99%
1943 1139 0.000403535 7 1132 -99%
1944 1321 0.000491064 1321 -100%
1945 1604 0.000604619 7 1597 -99%
1946 2480 0.000776138 9 2471 -99%
1947 3652 0.001013791 12 3640 -99%
1948 3996 0.001157416 10 3986 -99%
1949 4338 0.001244843 11 4327 -99%
1950 4900 0.001398658 12 4888 -100%
1951 5637 0.001530239 14 5623 -100%
1952 6205 0.001633752 18 6187 -99%
1953 6471 0.00167919 11 6460 -100%
1954 7188 0.001805709 8 7180 -100%
1955 7466 0.00185949 19 7447 -99%
1956 7431 0.001802312 9 7422 -100%
1957 7091 0.001687472 22 7069 -99%
1958 7292 0.00176395 20 7272 -99%
1959 9960 0.002395387 28 9932 -99%
1960 10740 0.002585575 20 10720 -100%
1961 10257 0.00247616 24 10233 -100%
1962 8575 0.002124959 27 8548 -99%
1963 7915 0.001999646 20 7895 -99%
1964 7771 0.001998917 20 7751 -99%
1965 7895 0.002177661 19 7876 -100%
1966 7758 0.002232097 25 7733 -99%
1967 7337 0.002161185 27 7310 -99%
1968 7900 0.002338376 38 7862 -99%
1969 8815 0.002536455 32 8783 -99%
1970 9413 0.00261 46 9367 -99%
1971 7993 0.002328722 35 7958 -99%
1972 6770 0.002153997 39 6731 -99%
1973 6325 0.002096532 31 6294 -99%
1974 5560 0.001828948 21 5539 -99%
1975 5126 0.001697692 14 5112 -99%
1976 4759 0.001568401 27 4732 -99%
1977 4587 0.001444045 26 4561 -99%
1978 4490 0.001414677 17 4473 -99%
1979 4049 0.001217012 21 4028 -99%
1980 4252 0.00123443 17 4235 -99%
1981 4120 0.001190967 25 4095 -99%
1982 4041 0.001151951 19 4022 -99%
1983 4113 0.001187582 28 4085 -99%
1984 3985 0.001142241 26 3959 -99%
1985 3973 0.001113163 19 3954 -99%
1986 3948 0.0011099 22 3926 -99%
1987 3389 0.000939923 25 3364 -99%
1988 3329 0.000900937 23 3306 -99%
1989 3168 0.000824046 12 3156 -99%
1990 2921 0.00073903 14 2907 -99%
1991 2405 0.000617416 6 2399 -100%
1992 2075 0.000540185 5 2070 -100%
1993 1837 0.000487232 1837 -100%
1994 1507 0.000405363 1507 -100%
1995 1360 0.000371366 5 1355 -99%
1996 1203 0.000329843 5 1198 -99%
1997 1098 0.000302834 1098 -100%
1998 880 0.000239247 880 -100%
1999 854 0.000231194 854 -100%
2000 808 0.000213762 808 -100%
2001 682 0.000182188 682 -100%
2002 689 0.000184309 689 -100%
2003 607 0.000159639 607 -100%
2004 523 0.000136878 523 -100%
2005 504 0.000131085 504 -100%
2006 463 0.000117032 463 -100%
2007 471 0.000117818 471 -100%
2008 428 0.000108887 428 -100%
2009 367 0.000096069 367 -100%
2010 362 0.000097951 362 -100%
2011 272 0.000074362 272 -100%
2012 291 0.000079565 291 -100%
2013 268 0.000073512 268 -100%
2014 228 0.000061516 228 -100%
2015 236 0.000063768 236 -100%
2016 237 0.000064601 237 -100%
2017 209 0.000058442 209 -100%
2018 161 0.000045792 161 -100%
2019 205 0.000059062 205 -100%
2020 149 0.000044603 149 -100%
2021 125 0.000036895 125 -100%
2022 121 0.000035766 121 -100%
2023 114 0.000034429 114 -100%
2024 88 0.000026438 88 -100%

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